The Great Fire

1940

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: color screenprint on wove paper
Dimensions: image: 30.48 × 43.97 cm (12 × 17 5/16 in.) sheet: 33.34 × 50.8 cm (13 1/8 × 20 in.)
Collection no.: 2018.143.47
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

The Great Fire — Elizabeth Olds. 1940.

Medium: color screenprint on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 30.48 × 43.97 cm (12 × 17 5/16 in.) sheet: 33.34 × 50.8 cm (13 1/8 × 20 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2018.143.47. Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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