- Artist:
- McCombs, Solomon
- Title:
- Forest fire
- Date Created:
- 1976
- Description:
- A painting of a forest fire burning in the background, while animals and people flee in the foreground. The animals and people are moving toward the right. From left to right, there are a pair of foxes, two bears standing on their hind legs by a tree, a woman carrying a baby, a man running with a green tree branch in his hands, and a running deer.
- Subjects:
- Creek (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.94
- Size:
- image: 19 5/8 x 30 1/8 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material)
- Media:
- Casein paint
- Signature:
- McCombs '76
- Condition:
- undamaged; acidic mats; cardboard backing
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow from D. F. Henry Company, Tulsa, OK, December 12-15, 1980. This painting was exhibited at the Gilcrease Museum in the Fred Beaver/Solomon McCombs Memorial Exhibition held March 7-April 19, 1981. The Zarrows were one of the sponsors of this exhibition. On a sticker at the top of the dust cover: "Solomon McCombs (1913-1980) 'Forest Fire'; casein, 1976; collection: Maxine and Jack Zarrow." Glued to the dust cover is a newspaper article: "Creek Tribal Leader Dies," November 18, 1980.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Forest fire", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.94.html
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