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Helen's back

Artist George Segal (American, 1924 - 2000)
Date1986
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 13/16 × 19 9/16 inches (35.1 × 49.68 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta and Melissa Tomich
Object number2020.16.17
SignedOn sheet verso, lower right corner, stamped, in black ink: "Photograph by George Segal / From the Collection of / Donald Lokuta"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "HELEN'S BACK 1986"; On sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "1986".
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of a woman lying on her side; only her bare back and head are visible.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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