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Helen's glasses
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recto sheet overall

Helen's glasses

Artist George Segal (American, 1924 - 2000)
Date1993
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 12 3/4 inches (24.61 × 32.39 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 13 inches (25.4 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta and Melissa Tomich
Object number2020.16.19
SignedOn sheet verso, stamped, in black ink: "Photograph by George Segal / From the Collection of / Donald Lokuta"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "HELEN'S GLASSES."; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "STILL VIDEO BY GEORGE SEGAL - NOVEMBER 1993".
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DescriptionPixelated image of a pair of eye glasses placed face down on top of a monthly calendar with notated days crossed out.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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