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George Segal
(American, 1924–2000)
Blue Girl Behind Blue Door, 1977
Estimate: $40,000-$60,000
Passed
Live Auction
Art + Design
Location
Chicago
Size
96 × 53 × 23 inches
Description
George Segal
(American, 1924–2000)
Blue Girl Behind Blue Door, 1977
painted plaster, wood and metal
96 × 53 × 23 inches
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property Sold to Benefit a Small Midwest Liberal Arts College
Condition
Figure height: 66 inches.Moderate surface dirt and dust; scattered instances of loss to red paint, particularly along extreme edges; scattered paint loss to female figure, most visible on the neck; two punctures to figure's rear, lower right, each no larger than one inch in diameter; water staining along lower edge of door; crack running vertically through lower left panel of door; blue paint heavily faded on exterior of door. Please request additional images.
Provenance
Provenance:Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Exhibited: Tokyo, Japan, Contemporary Sculpture Center, George Segal; Seibu, Japan, The Seibu Museum of Modern Art; Toyama, Japan, The Museum of Modern Art; Kurashiki, Japan, Ohara Museum of Art; Osaka, Japan, The National Museum of Art, 1982