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George Segal

George Segal

Artist

WA-00029382

New York, USA

VideoPost-ImpressionismPop Art

Representation

None documented

17

Institutional Exhibitions

40

Works in Collection

65

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ703624 ULAN500032575

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986–1987

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Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Philip Johnson: Selected Gifts

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Contemporary Sculpture: Selections from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Impressions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977–1978

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Prints by Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Works from Change, Inc.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/george-segal
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Templonhttps://www.templon.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5316
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

George Segal was an American sculptor who cast human figures directly from live models using plaster, creating life-size white plaster casts that retain the specificity of individual bodies and clothing. Working from the 1960s onward, he positioned these figures in domestic and public settings, often combining them with found objects and environments to examine everyday American life and social isolation. His work bridges abstraction and figuration, treating the human form as a site of both formal investigation and psychological presence rather than portraiture.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Video

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (40)

1998 · Charcoal and pastel on paper

50 1/8 × 38 1/4 in. (127.3 × 97.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hispanic Wedding Dress Display, Newark, New Jersey

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 19 1/8 × 13 in. (48.6 × 33 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Portraits: Helen II

1987 · etching and aquatint

Sheet: 130 x 102.8 cm (51 3/16 x 40 1/2 in.); Platemark: 126.3 x 98.9 cm (49 3/4 x 38 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Helen II (Artist's wife) from the series Portraits

1987 · Aquatint, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Rena (Artist's Daughter) from the series Portraits

1987 · Aquatint, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Helen III (Artist's wife) from the series Portraits

1987 · Aquatint, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Menasha from the series Portraits

1987 · Aquatint, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Helen I (Artist's wife) from the series Portraits

1987 · Aquatint, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Walter from the series Portraits

1987 · Aquatint, etching and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Hand Over (To) Breast

1982 · Cast paper pulp

13 1/2 × 10 × 7 in., 0.5 lb. (34.3 × 25.4 × 17.8 cm, 0.2 kg) Case: 16.3 × 10.3 × 12 cm (6 3/8 × 4 1/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three People on Four Benches

1979 · Plaster, wood, and metal

50 in. × 12 ft. 1/8 in. × 64 in. (127 × 366 × 162.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1977 · Painted plaster

38 1/4 × 26 1/2 × 13 in., 55.3 lb. (97.2 × 67.3 × 33 cm, 25.1 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man in Solferino Shirt: Front View from the Blue Jean Series

1975 · Etching and aquatint

plate 29 3/8 x 20 1/8" (74.6 x 51.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Girl in Blue Jeans: Back View from the Blue Jean Series

1975 · Etching and aquatint

plate 26 1/2 x 21 15/16" (67.3 x 55.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Figures in Red Shirts: Two Front, One Back

1975 · Etching and aquatint

plate 38 5/8 x 77 15/16" (98.1 x 197.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Figures: One Front, One Back from the Blue Jeans Series

1975 · Etching and aquatint

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm

Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Silkscreen on paper record cover, record label reproduced from 3M color-in-color copy of photo

17.8 × 17.8 cm (7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm

1973 · Phonograph record with screenprinted cover from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph

composition and sheet: 7 x 7" (17.8 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1972 · plaster and mixed media

Overall: 289.5 x 243.8 x 91.4 cm (114 x 96 x 36 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1970 · Plaster-soaked fabric

14 1/2 × 15 × 11 in., 3.8 lb. (36.8 × 38.1 × 27.9 cm, 1.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1970 · color screenprint

Sheet: 82.8 x 62 cm (32 5/8 x 24 7/16 in.); Image: 68.2 x 46 cm (26 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1968 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Girl in a Chair from The Metropolitan Scene

1968 · One from a portfolio of five screenprints on aluminum

composition and panel: 36 x 36" (91.4 x 91.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Scene

1968 · Portfolio of five screenprints on aluminum

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; panel (each): 36 x 36" (91.4 x 91.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

40 published of 62 catalogued · 27 with image

MoMA
25 publishedof 47 catalogued22 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
The Met
5 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

The Red Light
1972 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Don Quixote
1968 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1970 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portraits: Helen II
1987 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Truck (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Truck (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

9

Movements2

Post-Impressionism Pop Art

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

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