Head on Arms
Artist
George Segal
(American, 1924 - 2000)
Date1978
MediumLithograph (Watermarked Guarro paper, signed and dated in pencil, published by Polígrafa, Barcelona)
DimensionsImage and sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/16 inches (76 × 56 cm)
Framed: 33 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (85.09 × 64.77 × 3.81 cm)
Framed: 33 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (85.09 × 64.77 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Richard Barohn
Object number2017.72.1
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DescriptionThis print functions as a black and white drawing depicting a person sitting on a chair. The partial figural form is closely cropped. The person leans forward resting his or her chin on a hand placed over a forearm. A vertical component of part of the chair is seen on the far right. The sitter looks pensively downward. The drawn lines are black and the white surface appears to be highly textural, but is in fact, flat.Exhibition HistoryGeorge Segal Lithographs, Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, MO, September 14-29, 1979, no. cat.
Purchased from Edition Polygrafa, Barcelona, by the Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, MO, by 1979.
Purchased from the Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, MO, by Dr. Richard Barohn, Kansas City, MO, 2014.
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© The George and Helen Segal Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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