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Subject: Searching for a sculpture featured on a TV show
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts
Asked by: drea0501-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 13 Jan 2003 07:43 PST
Expires: 12 Feb 2003 07:43 PST
Question ID: 142030
I am looking for a sculpture featured on May 9th, 1994, in the 4th 
season, 97th episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air titled "Papa's Got a 
Brand New Excuse". At the end of the show, the camera did a close-up 
of this lovely sculpture of a father sitting cross-legged, and a young
boy about five or six sitting in his lap. The father had his head 
close to the boy's head, and I believe his arms were around him. 
 
In my research, I've found out this same questions posted by someone
on this website: http://www.sculptor.org/finding.htm. I've also
learned that the artist is located in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area. I
need this information by the end of the month please.

The sculpture I'm looking for is much more abstract. The shapes are
distinguishable, butthere are no actual faces carved on the heads.
Maybe parent & child is a more accurate description as opposed to
father and son. The color is grayish.
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Subject: Re: Searching for a sculpture featured on a TV show
From: politicalguru-ga on 13 Jan 2003 07:58 PST
 
Researchers: 

See previous question at
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=110781
Subject: Re: Searching for a sculpture featured on a TV show
From: digsalot-ga on 13 Jan 2003 11:30 PST
 
Something you may want to consider is the fact that many items on any
set for films or television shows may look similar to something else
but in reality don't exist anywhere outside the studio prop
department.  "Art objects" are among the most common such items
manufactured by a studio for its own use.  A good example would be
paintings, especially portraits.

If you ever tour a production studio ( I worked in the set department
at Paramount for a while)you will find hundreds of paintings and other
art works manufactured by the studio which look good to the camera but
are little more than trash.  A portrait painting can be altered with a
few strokes of a brush to change its era, costuming, facial features,
etc, and when seen closeup and live, you will find dozens of layers of
paint.  If a set uses real items of any great value, the insurance
premiums alone can eat up a limited production budget.  A set is a
great place for such items to be broken.  You will find many things of
finished plaster or plastic which on camera pass as the real McCoy,
even in a close-up.  I wish you luck in your search.  But if you can't
find it, it may exist only in the mind of the set decorator and the
prop department.

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