Place de la Concorde fountain model used in making of An American in Paris
date: label: date made
content: 1950
name: label: maker
content: Ames, Preston
label: maker
content: Sharaf, Irene
label: maker
content: Ames, Preston
label: maker
content: Sharaf, Irene
label: maker
content: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Model of the Place de la Concorde fountain used in the 1951 MGM film An American in Paris. The model is made of wood, plaster and papier mache, and was designed by Preston Ames and Irene Sharaff in the style of French Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The model was made by staff sculptor Henry Greutert at MGM studios in Culver City, California.
label: Description
content: The fountain set model was used by production staff of An American in Paris to plan their creative strategies: by director Vincente Minnelli to plan the actors' movements and various camera angles, by actor-choreographer Gene Kelly to plan his choreography, by Leslie Caron and the corps de ballet to visualize the full-scale set upon which they would perform, by costume designer Irene Sharaff to create clothing complimentary to the scenic design, and by the lighting designer to create a lighting plot.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Culver City
label: associated place
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Movie
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Vincente Minnelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0231.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0231
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0231.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Set Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: papier mache (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 107 cm x 67 cm x 64 cm; 42 1/8 in x 26 3/8 in x 25 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 53 in x 34 in; 104.14 cm x 134.62 cm x 86.36 cm