1935-53
The monumental art deco Fox monolith was painted in 1933 by Emil Kosa Jr., a prominent California watercolorist who later worked as a matte artist for the studio — he created the ruined Statue of Liberty shown at the conclusion of Planet of the Apes. Kosa substituted “Fox” for “Pictures, Inc.” in the monolith’s lower course after Fox merged with 20th Century Pictures in 1935. (An homage to Kosa’s iconographic creation appeared in the gatefold album cover art for Led Zeppelin II.)