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Property from a New England Collection
GEORGE SEGAL (1924-2000)
The Dancers
Details
GEORGE SEGAL (1924-2000)
The Dancers
painted bronze
70 x 104 ½ x 70 5⁄8 in. (177.8 x 265.4 x 179.4 cm.)
Executed in 1971-1982. This work is number four from an edition of five plus three artist's proofs.
The Dancers
painted bronze
70 x 104 ½ x 70 5⁄8 in. (177.8 x 265.4 x 179.4 cm.)
Executed in 1971-1982. This work is number four from an edition of five plus three artist's proofs.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1984
Literature
New Sculpture by George Segal, exh. cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 1974, n.p. (another example illustrated).
P. Tuchman, George Segal, New York, 1983, pp. 52 and 54-55, nos. 47 and 48 (another example illustrated and illustrated on the front cover).
S. Hunter and D. Hawthorne, George Segal, New York and London, 1984, pp. 126-127 and 368, no. 121 (another example illustrated).
J. Wilmerding, American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, New York, 1988, p. 45 (another example illustrated).
J. Strick, Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 118-119 and 152 (another example illustrated).
S. Hunter, George Segal, New York, 1989, p. 127, no. 45 (another example illustrated).
P. Kopper, America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation, New York, 1991, p. 5 (another example illustrated).
F. Smyth, ed., Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, pp. 215 and 270 (another example illustrated).
R. Kalina, The Changing Boundaries and Nature of the Modern Art World: The Art Object and the Object of Art, London, 2021, p. 15, fig. 17 (another version illustrated).
P. Tuchman, George Segal, New York, 1983, pp. 52 and 54-55, nos. 47 and 48 (another example illustrated and illustrated on the front cover).
S. Hunter and D. Hawthorne, George Segal, New York and London, 1984, pp. 126-127 and 368, no. 121 (another example illustrated).
J. Wilmerding, American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, New York, 1988, p. 45 (another example illustrated).
J. Strick, Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 118-119 and 152 (another example illustrated).
S. Hunter, George Segal, New York, 1989, p. 127, no. 45 (another example illustrated).
P. Kopper, America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation, New York, 1991, p. 5 (another example illustrated).
F. Smyth, ed., Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994, pp. 215 and 270 (another example illustrated).
R. Kalina, The Changing Boundaries and Nature of the Modern Art World: The Art Object and the Object of Art, London, 2021, p. 15, fig. 17 (another version illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Sculpture by George Segal, April-May 1971, p. 13, no. 7 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art and The Baltimore Museum of Art, George Segal: Environments, February-August 1976, pp. 26, 28 and 34 (another version exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, George Segal: Bronze, April-June 2003, pp. 20, 32-33, 75 and 79, no. 13, pls. 4 and 5 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, George Segal: The Asian Picnic, October-November 2003 (another version exhibited).
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Sculpture Garden, September-October 2005 (another example exhibited).
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art and The Baltimore Museum of Art, George Segal: Environments, February-August 1976, pp. 26, 28 and 34 (another version exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, George Segal: Bronze, April-June 2003, pp. 20, 32-33, 75 and 79, no. 13, pls. 4 and 5 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, George Segal: The Asian Picnic, October-November 2003 (another version exhibited).
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Sculpture Garden, September-October 2005 (another example exhibited).
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Kathryn Marber
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