George Segal: Nightscapes

Segal, George and Sam Hunter

ISBN 10: 1879173468 / ISBN 13: 9781879173460

Published by Locks Gallery, 2000

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Softcover, 48 pages, very good condition; light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Segal: Nightscapes
• Publisher: Locks Gallery
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879173468
• ISBN 13: 9781879173460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art Since 1945

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Synopsis

Viewed now at the turn of the century, George Segal (1924-2000) is considered the most important figurative sculptor of his time. In the four decades since his distinctive white-plaster figures established him as a startling innovator as well as a deeply engaged, passionate sculptor, George Segal has experimented widely, reaching more deeply into and beyond his early environmental collages. His work was initially associated with Pop Art with its use of found “real” objects and its commentary on life in America. The unique quality of his work is, in fact, its poetic statement, an approach more in the spirit of American realism, akin to the paintings of Edward Hopper. Segal’s Locks Gallery exhibition (with accompanying publication) was his first solo sculpture show since his retrospective. Three new major sculptural installations were shown as well as three sculptural relief portraits. Two dozen pastel and charcoal drawings accompanied the installation. Segal was trained as a painter and in recent years he has refocused his energy in drawing and painting. His portrait drawings are quiet and passionate works. Segal has been the subject of four major retrospectives (1971, 1978, 1982, and 1998). His most recent retrospective was organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and traveled to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington; The Jewish Museum, New York; and the Miami Art Museum. Segal’s first solo exhibition was at the Hansa Gallery in New York in 1959. His work is included in virtually every major modern art collection including the Art Institute of Chicago; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.