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more than 24 boxes
This collection is stored at Firestone Library.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room .
Collection Creator: Segal, George, 1924-2000..
Dates: 1966-1999.
Extent: more than 24 boxes
Languages: English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Description
This subseries is comprised of photographic prints and slides that represent not only Segal's fine photography but the selective process he used to cull his best work. Descriptions given in the notes reflect the rating and grouping of these prints according to Segal's own estimation, including "very good" and "bad." These selections eventually culminated in the 1994 exhibition "Sequence: New York / New Jersey, 1990 – 1993" at the Howard Greenburg Gallery, which went on to France and California.
Some main themes include portraits taken at The Training School at Vineland, photographic studies of slaughtered veal, still-lifes, hands, urban scenes (storefront windows, graffiti, the homeless), the Jersey Shore, diner scenes, friends and family. Identifiable portraits include Helen Segal, Rena Segal, Jeffrey Segal, Pierre Restany, Donald Lokuta, Matteo Lorenzelli, Leon Bibel and Carroll Janis. Many of these prints became pastel sketches in the 1990s and the 1990s: Loose Photographs files have original context that suggest they were used in Segal's other artwork.
Urban and Jersey Shore environments include New Brunswick, South River, Asbury Park, Newark (Ironbound Section), Elizabeth, Seaside Heights and Keansburg, New Jersey ; other scenes from the neighborhoods and boroughs of Manhattan (Times Square, East Village, SoHo, Port Authority Bus Terminal), Brooklyn (Coney Island) and the Bronx, New York. Other cities and countries include Moscow, Russia; Berlin, Germany; Venice, Italy; London, England; Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Egypt; Jerusalem, Galilee, Tel Aviv, Israel.
It should be noted that the arrangement of these photographs within Segal's studio was a bit chaotic; original selections and groupings may have become disorganized over time. Folder titles are derived from handwritten information left by Segal on photograph boxes and the prints themselves; where dates were grossly in error the folder titles will contradict the hand-written information.
Many photographs have date or technical information handwritten on the back, along with captions; most are unlabeled. Very few folder titles will completely and accurately describe the contents of the group. Segal moved and sorted most prints into discreet groups based on subjective decisions rather than concrete dates, locations, subjects or themes.
For additional dating and context information of a particular year or photographic group, reference Subseries 2C: Sleeved Negatives and Contact Sheets.
Physical notes: Photographs are bound between layers of archival board and preservation mylar. Researchers are asked to take care when returning materials to their folder that the mylar sheets are placed between the stack of photographs and the archival board, on top of the first print and beneath the last print. Secure the ribbon with a simple bow.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Preferred Citation
Subseries 2A: Prints and Slides; 1966-1999; George Segal Papers, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.