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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Avati, James R.,     Wasatch Bronzeworks,     Portrait male -- Farnsworth, Philo T.     Occupation -- Science     Object -- Furniture     Outdoor Sculpture -- Utah -- Beaver     Sculpture

Philo T. Farnsworth, (sculpture). Artist:  Avati, James R., sculptor. Wasatch Bronzeworks, founder. Title:  Philo T. Farnsworth, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Father of Television, (sculpture) Dates:  1990. Dedicated July 24, 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 90 x 24 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 36 1/2 x 30 x 30 in. Inscription:  (Upper corner of bronze plinth, on rear: artist's signature) signed Description:  Full-length portrait of Philo T. Farnsworth. He is standing, holding an image dissector tube at waist-level. Subject:  Portrait male -- Farnsworth, Philo T. -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Inventor Object -- Furniture -- Television Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Utah -- Beaver Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Beaver County Commission, 105 East Center, Beaver, Utah 84713 Located Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, 80 East Center, Beaver, Utah Remarks:  The sculpture is located on grounds of the historic Beaver County Courthouse, now home to the Daughters of Utah Pioneer Museum. The statue commemorates the father of televeion - Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971). Born near Beaver, Utah, Farnsworth, by the age of 15, had developed the concept of electronic transmission of images and in 1927, in San Francisco, after having invented numerous varieties of vacuum tubes, was able to transmit and receive a recognizable image. In 1934, he issued patents regarding television; and by the time of his death in 1971, had issued over 160 patents regarding electronic inventions, including the first electron microscope, baby incubator, medical gastroscope and pioneered infrared surveillance and air traffic and underwater sonar devices. Another cast of this sculpture is installed at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC (IAS record 71500629). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah survey, 1993. 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 UT000148   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture UT000148 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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