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Egypt

Artist George Segal (American, 1924 - 2000)
Date1984
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 9/16 × 19 9/16 inches (34.44 × 49.68 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta and Melissa Tomich
Object number2020.16.36
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: "EGYPT 1984"; On sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "1984".
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a stone wall with sunken relief carvings. There is an opening near the center where a white square of light shines through. A flat landscape with tiny rocks fills the bottom half of the image.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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