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Fortune teller

Artist George Segal (American, 1924 - 2000)
Date1991
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/2 × 18 13/16 inches (31.75 × 47.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 15/16 inches (40.31 × 50.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta and Melissa Tomich
Object number2020.16.14
SignedOn sheet verso, lower right, stamped, in black ink: "Photograph by George Segal / From the Collection of / Donald Lokuta"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "FORTUNE TELLER 1991"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "6-7-'91 N.J."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a Pharaoh bust on a marble platform. On the table beside the bust is a bottle of Snapple tea; framed portraits of women hang on the walls behind.Provenance
George Segal, New York, NY;
Acquired from George Segal by Donald Lokuta, Union, NJ;
Given by Donald Lokuta to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Copyright© The George and Helen Segal Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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