Photograph
Photograph mounted on green card
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph of the sculpture 'Electricity' by Evelyn Beatrice Longman |
| Physical description | Photograph mounted on green card |
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| Gallery label | AT&T Corporation, an American telecommunications company, commissioned this statue to stand atop their headquarters in downtown Manhattan. Measuring seven metres tall, the gilded sculpture exudes the power of energy. Bolts of lightning spring from his raised fist and electric cables curve around his muscular body, which references classical forms. By the late 1930s, this triumphant figure had become the company’s emblem and was reproduced on AT&T publicity nationwide.(May 2023) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Kineton Parkes in 1938 |
| Object history | This photograph is from a collection bequeathed by William Kineton Parkes in 1938. Kineton Parkes was a novelist, art historian and librarian, who was best known for his writing on sculpture. He sent out questionnaires to sculptors in the 1920s, which are now held in the Archive of Art and Design. This photograph is one of many which were sent to Kineton Parkes by the sculptors he approached to complete the questionnaire. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4500-1938 |
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| Record created | February 27, 2015 |
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