Electricity and The Spirit of Communication
Longman, Evelyn Beatrice
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Alternative Title
Genius of Telegraphy
Date
1915Description
Showing the Interior lobby installation of the statue in Johnson's AT&T building (now moved); Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874-1954) was the first woman sculptor to be elected a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1919. Longman's 1915 "Genius of Electricity," a gilded male nude, was commissioned by AT&T Corporation for the top of their corporate headquarters in downtown Manhattan. The figure was reproduced on Bell Telephone directories across the country from 1938 until the 1960s. The entrance of Philip Johnson's AT&T building is about 7 stories tall [of the total 37 stories] and was specifically designed to accommodate and house the spectacular, large gilded statue, "The Spirit of Communications," by Evelyn Longman Batchelder [now moved]. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 1/1/2008)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
allegorical, engineering and industry, manufacturing, Beaux-Arts
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