US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0010509
Davison Art Center 1983.12.122.380
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
photograph
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Firefighters at the Scene
Inscribed on verso: “Compliments of Providence Sunday Journal”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1983.12.122.380
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
From the Providence Sunday Journal
image dimensions: 193 x 240 mm (7.6 x 9.4 in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
ca. 1940-1960
1940
1960
Gelatin silver print
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Michael M. Senft, 1983
disasters
fire
firefighters
journalism
news photographs
photojournalism
ORID0010509
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1534
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1534
2022-03-31
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0010610
Davison Art Center 1991.30.74.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
photograph
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Giant dirigible Hindenberg crashes to ground in flames, Lakehurst, New Jersey
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1991.30.74.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Photograph taken 15 February 1937; printed from the original negative
sheet dimensions: 279 x 356 mm (11 x 14 in.).
creation
Created by Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
unknown
Created by
1937
1937
1937
Gelatin silver print
provenance
Purchased by the donor from the Associated Press
acquisition
Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991
disasters
fire
journalism
New Jersey
news photographs
Northeastern United States
photojournalism
Image published in The Associated Press, The Instant It Happened (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976), pp. 46–47; see donor file for A.P. commentary.
ORID0010610
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj1599
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=1599
2022-04-13
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0001998
Davison Art Center 1958.30.5
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Troy Burning
Signed: “E.G.C. 1922”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1958.30.5
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Second state
Number 13 from the edition of 150
dimensions: mm (in.).
creation
Created by Edward Gordon Craig (British (English), 1872-1966)
500000318
Edward Gordon Craig
Craig, Edward Gordon
British (English)
1872
1966
male
Created by
1908
1908
1908
Woodcut on loose India paper
provenance
acquisition
Purchase funds, 1958
classical history
fire
theater (discipline)
Trojan War
J. Leeper no. 19.
ORID0001998
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj3895
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=3895
2022-03-30
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0013626
Davison Art Center 1998.24.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
drawing
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Lot Clearing—Los Angeles
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Paul Landacre”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1998.24.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
image dimensions: 305 x 152 mm (12 x 6 in.). Sheet dimensions: 417 x 304 mm (16.4 x 12 in.).
creation
Created by Paul Landacre (American, 1893-1963)
500069734
Paul Landacre
Landacre, Paul
American
1893
1963
male
Created by
ca. 1935
1930
1940
Black chalk with some stumping
provenance
Claire de Heeckeren d’Anthès, Santa Barbara, CA.
acquisition
Weedon Endowment funds, 1998
California
fire
labor
Western United States
To be included in a forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Claire de Heeckeren d’Anthès.
ORID0013626
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj8297
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=8297
2022-03-30
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0005028
Davison Art Center 1998.24.2
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Lot Clearing—Los Angeles
Inscribed along lower edge in pencil: “Lot Clearing in Los Angeles”; annotated “I”; monogram(?) at lower right
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1998.24.2
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Proof
image dimensions: 305 x 152 mm (12 x 6 in.).
creation
Created by Paul Landacre (American, 1893-1963)
500069734
Paul Landacre
Landacre, Paul
American
1893
1963
male
Created by
ca. 1935
1930
1940
Wood engraving on tracing paper. Watermark: No watermark
provenance
Claire de Heeckeren d’Anthès, Santa Barbara, CA.
acquisition
Weedon Endowment funds, 1998
California
fire
labor
Western United States
To be included in a forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Claire de Heeckeren d’Anthès.
ORID0005028
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj8298
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=8298
2022-03-23
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0005029
Davison Art Center 1998.24.3
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Lot Clearing—Los Angeles
Numbered, inscribed, and signed along lower edge of plate: “29/60 Lot Clearing—Los Angeles Paul Landacre”; monogram(?) at lower right
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1998.24.3
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
image dimensions: 305 x 152 mm (12 x 6 in.).
creation
Created by Paul Landacre (American, 1893-1963)
500069734
Paul Landacre
Landacre, Paul
American
1893
1963
male
Created by
ca. 1935
1930
1940
Wood engraving on thin tissue paper. Watermark: No watermark
provenance
Claire de Heeckeren d’Anthès, Santa Barbara, CA.
acquisition
Weedon Endowment funds, 1998
California
fire
labor
Western United States
To be included in a forthcoming catalogue raisonné by Claire de Heeckeren d’Anthès.
ORID0005029
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj8299
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=8299
2022-03-23
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0013259
Davison Art Center 1991.30.43
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
photograph
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
“Negroes” Watching Their Houses and Belongings Burn, Lake Harbor, Florida
Signed in pencil on verso, lower right: “Marion Post Wolcott”; inscribed in pencil on verso, upper center: “‘Negroes’ watching their house & belongings burn / Lake Harbor, Fla. 1939 / Archivally processed / 50941-D”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
1991.30.43
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
Printed later by the artist
sheet dimensions: 273 x 356 mm (10.7 x 14 in.).
creation
Created by Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910-1990)
500002522
Marion Post Wolcott
Post Wolcott, Marion
American
1910
1990
female
Created by
1939
1939
1939
Gelatin silver print
provenance
Purchased by the donor from Witkin Gallery
acquisition
Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991
African American history
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
fire
Florida
houses
race (concept)
senses
sight
Southern United States
violence
ORID0013259
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj11795
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=11795
2022-04-13
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0015100
Davison Art Center 2009.7.2
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
drawing
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Parchment III
Signed, lower right corner: “Susan Schwalb 1981”; inscribed in pencil on verso, upper left: “top”; inscribed in pencil on verso, lower left: “#10763”; inscribed in pencil on verso, lower right corner: “Parchment III/1981/14/4/II/81” [with the “14” in circle]
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
2009.7.2
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
image dimensions: 305 x 228 mm (12 x 9 in.). Sheet dimensions: 305 x 228 mm (12 x 9 in.).
creation
Created by Susan Schwalb (American, born 1944 - )
500062670
Susan Schwalb
Schwalb, Susan
American
born 1944
female
Created by
1981
1981
1981
Copperpoint, fire, and smoke on video media paper
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Susan Schwalb, 2009
abstraction
fire
smoke
ORID0015100
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj12544
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=12544
2022-03-30
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0014534
Davison Art Center 2003.18.1
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
artists_book
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
The Book of Fire
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
2003.18.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
object dimensions: 1345 x 970 x 70 mm (53 x 38.2 x 2.8 in.).
creation
Created by Murray Zimiles (American, born 1941 - )
500073174
Murray Zimiles
Zimiles, Murray
American
born 1941
male
Created by
ca. 1990
2000
2003
Artist’s book in black cloth slipcase
provenance
The artist
acquisition
Heinrich Schwarz Fund, 2003
fire
See the artist’s web page on this work: http://www.murrayzimiles.com/main/book_of_fire.html .
ORID0014534
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj15024
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=15024
2022-08-17
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0017866
Davison Art Center 2013.8.39
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
print
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Ignis and Aer
The Avocet Portfolio
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
2013.8.39
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
From the Avocet Portfolio, published by Jolie Stahl and Andrea Collard.
image dimensions: 512 x 727 mm (20.2 x 28.6 in.). Sheet dimensions: 575 x 760 mm (22.6 x 29.9 in.).
creation
Created by Lisa Bateman (American)
Lisa Bateman
Bateman, Lisa
American
female
Created by
1988
1988
1988
Screenprint
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Jolie Stahl and Robert Dannin to honor Isadora Dannin ’14, 2013
air
fire
ORID0017866
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj17563
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=17563
2022-07-06
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0018045
Davison Art Center 2013.29.2
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
drawing
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
One Too Many Space Alien Movies
Signed in orange gouache within image, lower right corner: “BRUCE MCCALL”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
2013.29.2
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
image dimensions: 304 x 312 mm (12 x 12.3 in.). Sheet dimensions: 456 x 449 mm (18 x 17.7 in.).
creation
Created by Bruce McCall (Canadian, born 1935 - )
Bruce McCall
McCall, Bruce
Canadian
born 1935
male
Created by
1996
1996
1996
Gouache and graphite on board
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Leslie Feely, 2013
aliens
fire
gouache
invasions
motion picture theaters
motion pictures (information artifacts)
space
spacecraft
For general information on the artist, see http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/bruce-mccall .
ORID0018045
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj17742
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=17742
2022-03-31
US-CtW-DAC/lido-ORID0018814
Davison Art Center 2015.10.2
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/crm-concepts/#E22
Man-Made Object
photograph
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300133025
works of art
Image
Jumping Horse, Ringling Brothers Circus, New York City
Signed in black ink on verso: “ILSE / BING / 1936”; inscribed in pencil on verso: “94”; inscribed in pencil on verso: “IBMB-290.2”
500302850
0000 0001 2291 0150
137205320
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
2015.10.2
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
41.55442,-72.65729
7014047
Middletown
41.55442,-72.65729
image dimensions: 197 x 286 mm (7.8 x 11.3 in.). Sheet dimensions: 179 x 352 mm (7 x 13.9 in.).
creation
Created by Ilse Bing (American, 1899-1998)
500007274
Ilse Bing
Bing, Ilse
American
1899
1998
female
Created by
1936 (printed 1994)
1936
1936
Gelatin silver print
provenance
acquisition
Gift of Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron (BA Wesleyan 1981), 2015
circuses (performances)
fire
horses
New York City
Larisa Dryansky, Ilse Bing: Photography through the Looking Glass (New York: Abrams, 2006), p. 196.
ORID0018814
item
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
CC0
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj18511
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/results.html?layout=dac-lido&format=xml&maximumrecords=1&recordType=objects_1&query=_ID=18511
2022-04-21