Firefighter

July 1938

Arthur Ellis

Associated Names
Arthur Ellis

Artist, American, 1912 - 1989

The image displays a person wearing goggles, a mask, and a helmet with a badge showing the words "PRIVATE," "R31," and "DCFD." The person's face is obscured, and the background is blurred.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frederica Ellis, wife of the artist, Washington, DC; Debra Weingarten Jacobs, niece of the artist, North Bethesda, MD, 2001; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Front Page: The Photographs of Arthur Ellis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 2 – August 14, 2003

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: "Firefighter" / by / Arthur Ellis; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2005.010.019

Wikidata ID

Q64144981

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