George Segal: Themes and Variations
George Segal: Themes and Variations celebrates the 100th anniversary of artist George Segal’s birth in 1924 through his expansive and varied works. Segal is one of the most popular and important American artists of the twentieth century. His ghostly figures are immediately recognizable, even by those who don’t know the artist’s name. While the artist’s significance as a sculptor has long been acknowledged, his work in painting, pastel, and photography is less well known. This publication examines the artist’s work in all media as a series of variations on themes that he mined throughout his long career: figural groups, the nude, still life, and portraits. The book, along with its companion texts, presents Segal as a radical experimenter, a traditionalist, and a restless innovator.
Author: Donna Gustafson, with a contribution by Charles Ray.
120 pages / 100 color plates / 11.25 x 9.25 in.
© 2024
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4273
Copublished with Hirmer Publishing and distributed by the University of Chicago Press