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Emmy, (sculpture). Artist:  Johansen, Franz M., sculptor. McManus, Louis, designer. Wasatch Bronzeworks, founder. Title:  Emmy, (sculpture). Dates:  Designed 1948. Cast 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Fountain: black ceramic tile. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 18 ft. 6 in.; Fountain: approx. H. 9 ft. Description:  Bronze full-length, female figure holding up an open sphere in both hands. She has wings shaped like lightning bolts, wears a long gown which billows behind her and is standing barefoot on tiptoe. The sculpture stands atop a three-tiered black ceramic tile fountain. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Performing Arts -- Theater Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Fountain Copy Sculpture Owner:  Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 5215 Lankersheim Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 91601 Remarks:  Sculpture is an enlarged copy of the figure on the Emmy award which is given to television actors. Johansen was the principal supervising sculptor at the Wasatch Bronzeworks where the sculpture was cast. In 1948 Louis McManus designed the original "Emmy" which was modelled on his wife. The name Emmy was the feminized version of "Immy", the nickname for the image orthican camera tube used in the technical development of television. IAS files contain copy of related article from "The Universal City - North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Business Report", May 1990, pg. 1, 3. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA001148   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001148 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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