Brett Weston
Fire Escape

Fire Escape

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Fire Escape
Fire Escape
ArtistAmerican, 1911–1993
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fire Escape
Date1971
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (32.5 × 27.3 cm)
 Mount: 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Christian K. Keesee and the Brett Weston Archive
Object number2005.2072
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceBrett Weston Archive, Oklahoma City; given to MFAH, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso, Brett Weston Archive Inv. # 's: " 08993.70 / MFAH.193 "
recto lower right corner of mount in pencil " Brett Weston "

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Debris flies aloft after an explosion convulses the FRANKLIN...only one of a series of .....which dangered the ship anew, meant the loss of additional lives increased the long list of the shrined seeking to escape the ......of the blast, member of fire fighting detail fall back .. to return immediately and renew their assault against the flames.
Al Bullock
Debris flies aloft after an explosion convulses the FRANKLIN...only one of a series of .....which dangered the ship anew, meant the loss of additional lives increased the long list of the shrined seeking to escape the ......of the blast, member of fire fighting detail fall back .. to return immediately and renew their assault against the flames.
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