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Interviewee:
Segal, George, 1924-2000  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Names:
Hansa Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Richard Green Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Baziotes, William, 1912-1963  Search this
Bellamy, Richard  Search this
Delevante, Sidney, 1894-  Search this
Kaprow, Allan  Search this
Extent:
112 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1973 November 26
Scope and Contents:
An interview of George Segal conducted 1973 November 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Segal speaks of his childhood and family life in the Bronx; his education at Rutgers and at Pratt Institute; studying at New York University with William Baziotes; abstract expressionism; his acquaintance with Allan Kaprow and the Hansa Gallery group; his search for an individual language as an artist; life and art on his New Jersey farm; exhibitions at the Hansa and Green galleries; his development of bandage and plaster sculpture. He recalls Sidney Delevante and Richard Bellamy.
Biographical / Historical:
George Segal (1924-2000) was a sculptor and painter from North Brunswick, N.J.
General:
Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 53 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Painters -- New Jersey -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Sculptors -- New Jersey -- Interviews  Search this
Art -- Philosophy  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.segal73
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9000f2886-af1b-443e-8f43-6992efca9211
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-segal73