Rush Hour

Artist George Segal (American, 1924 - 2000)

Date1983; cast 1995

MediumBronze

DimensionsA: 64 1/2 × 20 × 19 inches (163.83 × 50.8 × 48.26 cm)
B: 73 × 25 1/2 × 25 3/4 inches (185.42 × 64.77 × 65.41 cm)
C: 68 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 15 inches (173.99 × 57.15 × 38.1 cm)
D: 70 1/2 × 23 × 20 1/2 inches (179.07 × 58.42 × 52.07 cm)
E: 69 3/4 × 20 × 21 inches (177.17 × 50.8 × 53.34 cm)
F: 68 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 22 1/2 inches (173.99 × 52.07 × 57.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object numberF99-33/75 A-F

Edition/State/Proof5/5

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park

Collections

Contemporary Art

Terms

Descriptiona) female figure; b) male figure; c) female figure; d) male figure; e) male figure; f) female figureGallery Label

Gallery Label

This composition of anonymous figures by George Segal evokes the deep isolation that can occur even when we are surrounded by others. The bronze sculptures are made from casts formed by applying plaster-dipped gauze directly onto the faces and clothed bodies of the models, who were friends and neighbors of the artist. Segal says that each figural form "is a distinct psychological portrait."

Provenance

With Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, by 1995;

Purchased from the Sidney Janis Gallery by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 1995;

Their Gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1999.

Published References

Jan Biles, “KU Professor to show paintings in N.Y.,” Lawrence Daily Journal-World (August 24, 1995).

Alice Thorson, “A whirlwind of fall openings,” The Kansas City Star (August, 25, 1995), (repro.).

Fred Blocher, “Take Care!” The Kansas City Star, (January, 27, 1996), (repro.).

“Speed to Nelson-Atkins for ‘Rush Hour’,” Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (January 31, 1996).
Alice Thorson, “Moving Sculptures: Museum in an Expansive Mood for Accommodating Architectural Addition,” The Kansas City Star (August 8, 1999).
“After Long Illness, Sculptor George Segal, 75, Dies.” The Kansas City Star (June 10, 2000), (repro.).

Carroll Janis, Joan Pachner, George and Helen Segal Foundation, George Segal: Bronze (New York: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2003), 12, 75, (repro.).

Charles Neale, “Comment on Arts,” Daily Union (November 3, 2005).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (Kansas City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 230, (repro.).

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