A moment from everyday life is literally forzen in Geroge Segal's sculpture. However true to life it may be, his work derrives its power from the tension between abstraction and realism. For years he left his plaster casts of living models white, just as he also preferred the rough outside of the mould to the more faithful inside. That lack of definition is further accentuated by the presence of real props, but it is often expressed in his choice of subject as well. Segal has a great penchant for the motif of the human figure by a window or door, a given which he can exploit psychologically as well as formally. The bars of the window frame the gaze, while the glass is at once the separation and the link between the viewer and the introverted world of the world of art.
Specifications
| Title | Girl Looking Through Window (Homage to Rembrandt) |
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| Material and technique | Wood, glass, synthetics, plaster, textile |
| Object type |
Installation
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height Error: 243,5 is not a valid BCD value cm Width Error: 100,5 is not a valid BCD value cm Depth 79 cm |
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| Artists |
Artist:
George Segal
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| Accession number | BEK 1506 a-c (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1973 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1973 |
| Creation date | in 1972 |
| Entitled parties | © The George and Helen Segal Foundation, c/o Pictoright, Amsterdam 2018 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Research |
Show research Digitising Contemporary Art |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
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