Lot 180
Emile Kosa Jr. "20th Century Fox Ranch". (1903-1968) Emil Kosa Jr. began as an art director for 20th Century Fox starting very young in 1933 and remained in that position with the company most of his life. Kosa is credited with designing the famous 20th Century Fox logo. In 1963 he won an Academy Award for his work in the mammoth spectacle CLEOPATRA. But he was equally well known for his original watercolors and oils and aligned with the movement that became know as California Scene Painting. His work was widely exhibited beginning in the 1930s and in his lifetime enjoyed solo exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and other institutions.
Offered is a wonderful watercolor from the famed 20th Century Fox Ranch that Fox had initially been rented for Tarzan and How Green Was My Valley (the entire coal mining town built on the property.) In 1946 it was purchased and scores of very diverse films shot there from Viva Zapata, The Proud Ones, Love Me Tender, The Sand Pebbles, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Planet of the Apes and of course M*A*S*H. Ranch was purchased and preserved in 1976 and is now part of the Malibu Creek State Park.
Kosa was clearly involved in all of the earlier productions and his access to the ranch unrestricted. In this watercolor he has captured a rundown stable and pen, likely a set in some disrepair from an unnamed film production in the 1950s. Artwork measures 19 x 26" and beautifully framed to 29 x 37". Estimated Value $2,000 - UP
Artworks by Award Winning Production and Set Designers for Motion Pictures and Television.
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