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    		• Whitson, Angie,
     
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    		• Scott, Jan,
     
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    		• American Fine Arts Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Kovacs, Ernie
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Other
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Theater
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Music
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- North Hollywood
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Ernie Kovacs / Comedian, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Whitson, Angie, sculptor.
    Scott, Jan, architect.
    American Fine Arts Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Ernie Kovacs / Comedian, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993. Copyrighted 1993.
    Medium: 
    Bust: bronze; base: cast stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Pedestal: approx. H. 42 in.
    Inscription: 
    Angie (Below proper left shoulder of bust:) (copyright symbol) 1993 A.T.A.S. (Back of bust, above relief scene, raised lettering: transcription illegible) (Plaque on upper front of base:) Ernie Kovacs/Comedian signed
    Description: 
    A bust of comedian Ernie Kovacs, portrayed holding his customary cigar in his proper right hand. He has a short moustache and creases line his brow. He wears a tie and roughly modeled jacket, with a cigar in the proper left breast pocket. The bust is tapered and without arms, with the proper right hand placed on top of the pedestal before it. On the rear of the bust is relief scene with three musicians, all with hats and beards. The musician on the left sits at a piano-like instrument. The center musician sits while the musician on the right stands.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Kovacs, Ernie -- Bust
    Performing Arts -- Other -- Comedian
    Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Smoking
    Figure group -- Male
    Performing Arts -- Music
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- North Hollywood
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Academy Ventures, 5200 Lankersheim Boulevard, Hall of Fame Plaza, North Hollywood, California 91601
    Remarks: 
    The bust was commissioned to commemorate Ernie Kovacs' induction into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A second bust was installed in the executive television offices in Trenton, New Jersey, Kovacs' hometown. Jan Scott designed the base. IAS files contain a related article about the ATAS Hall of Fame.
    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 CA001625
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