Object Details
- Presented by
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Associated Person
- Katharine Hepburn, 12 May 1907 - 29 Jun 2003
- Exhibition Label
- The Oscar statuette was designed in 1927 by MGM director Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley. The figure stands on a film reel with five spokes, signifying the original branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. The pedestal was raised in 1945, giving Oscar a height of 13½ inches; it weighs 8½ pounds. Rather than its original gold-plated bronze, it is now composed of the alloy Britannia and coated in twenty-four-karat gold.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of Katharine Hepburn
- 1967
- Object number
- AD/NPG.2009.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Britannium alloy (92% tin, 6% antimony, 2% copper), electroplated copper, nickel, silver, and 24k gold on base made of lacquer, brass, and nickel plating
- Dimensions
- With Base: 33.3 x 13.2 x 13.2cm (13 1/8 x 5 3/16 x 5 3/16")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- 20th Century Americans: 1960-2000
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 342
- National Portrait Gallery
- Record ID
- npg_AD_NPG.2009.3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44b79c274-561d-406c-904f-6e95f7db5070
