Academy Award, Best Sound, Dances with Wolves, presented to Russell Williams, II
date: label: Date
content: 1991
name: label: Issued by
content: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American, founded 1927
label: Received by
content: Russell Williams II, American, born 1952
label: Created by
content: George Stanley, American, 1903 - 1973
label: Designed by
content: Cedric Gibbons, Irish, 1893 - 1960
label: Manufactured by
content: R.S. Owen & Company, American, founded 1983
notes: label: Description
content: 2015.29.22.1: Academy Award, Best Sound, Dances with Wolves, 1990 owned and received by Russell Williams, II. The statuette is gold-plated britannium and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword (vertically down from its chest) standing on a flat reel of film with five spokes. The entire statuette is on a circular metal base. Two things are etched into the film reel on the back of the statuette, (top) reads: [(c)/AMPAS/(R)] in one of the spokes, (side of reel) reads: [2542]. A label, etched into a gold-plate, on the front of the base reads: [ACADEMY AWARD / TO / JEFFREY PERKINS, BILL W. BENTON, / GREGORY H. WATKINS AND RUSSELL WILLIAMS II / SOUND / "DANCES WITH WOLVES" / 1990] in various text sizes. Three other labels, etched into a gold-plates, on the back of the base read: (top) [(c) ACADEMY OF / MOTION PICTURE / ARTS & SCIENCES (R)], and the others (left - side of back of base) [THIS STATUETTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, CONVEYED OR OTHERWISE / TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO BEQUESTS) WITHOUT / FIRST BEING OFFERED TO THE ACADEMY], and (right - side of back of base) reads: [MANUFACTURED UNDER WORLD RIGHTS GRANTED BY / ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES / TO R.S. OWENS CO. INC. CHICAGO, ILL. 60660]. There is black felt adhered to the bottom in the same shape of the base.
label: Description
content: 2015.29.22.2: Blue velvet bag cover used by Williams to be placed over top the Academy Award/Oscar statuette (2015.29.22.1). The bottom opening has drawstring like style, except the gold-threaded string that is strung through the folded in fabric is tied and does not stretch. The fabric is bunched along the bottom. The gold-threaded string loops twice and is visible through the splits in the fabric on both sides of the sack.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Russell Williams II
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.29.22.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: trophies (prizes)
label: Type
content: figurines
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: britannia metal with copper , nickel silver and gold , felt (on the bottom of the base), velvet (bag)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2015.29.22a): 31 3/8 × 5 3/16 × 5 1/4 in. (79.7 × 13.2 × 13.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2015.29.22b flat): 17 × 9 × 2 1/2 in. (43.2 × 22.9 × 6.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2015.29.22b on award): 13 1/2 × 9 × 6 3/4 in. (34.3 × 22.9 × 17.1 cm)