This subseries is further organized into three divisions:
Bronzes and Commissions contains contracts, correspondence, invoices, clippings, research, technical information and receipts relating to the commission, design, shipping, installation and critical and public reception of those sculptures and artworks that were commissioned by various parties. This division is notable for the inclusion of a number of files on Segal's most famous and most often controversial public sculptures. These include Abraham and Isaac - In Memory of May 4, 1970, Gay Liberation, The Holocaust, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial with its three sculptures: Depression Breadline, Fireside Chat, and Appalachian Farm Couple 1936.
Folder titles are arranged alphabetically by sculpture or name of artwork, along with the persons or corporate body responsible for the commission when known.
Projects, Editions and Proposals contains files that are concerned with the production of artwork that is either not rendered in Segal's usual figurative style or proposals for such sculptures that were rejected or otherwise did not come to fruition. Projects and editions are typically small ideas of interest that appealed to Segal but that did not form a large part of his oeuvre, while the proposals were ideas for public commissions or private portraits that for various reasons were not created.
Technical Files are comprised of subject files of detailed information on casting and patination as provided by foundries, records of repair performed on various sculptures, and the records pertaining to Segal's molds and casts at the Johnson Atelier. Researchers seeking casting or repair records of a particular sculpture should note that documentation along these lines is included elsewhere in the collection and are therefore encouraged to reference relevant subject files in Subseries 3A: Sculpture and Artwork, Subseries 3C: Business Correspondence by Subject, and Subseries 3D: Exhibitions.
Arranged alphabetically by title and subject.
Includes photographs of the casting by Donald Lokuta.
Includes 9 color photographs and related negatives of the plaster sculpture dated 1979.
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One of six versions of Chance Meeting. The University of Hawaii. Includes color photographs of the sculpture in situ.
SunBank Center, Orlando, Florida. Includes color photographs.
For the Butler Square building in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Invoices and receipts for multiple castings of Couple on Two Benches, one of which is in the Hunter Museum of Art (Chattanooga, TN).
Possibly a cast of a small clay sculpture created for the collection of the artist.
Includes a sketch of the artist by Lawrence Halprin. Includes an article dated 1986.
Includes photographs of Segal with the sculptures.
Includes technical binders and background source materials and photographs of FDR.
Clippings and articles covering the statue's commission in 1979, its controversial acquisition and stalled installation in California and New York respectively in the 1980s, and subsequent vandalism in 1984. Includes the Princeton University obituary for Peter Putnam.
Commission by Peter Putnam on behalf of The Mildred Andrews Fund and in cooperation with Dr. Bruce Voeller of The National Gay Task Force (later The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force). Materials relate to two separate casts and their acquisitions. Other materials include letters and petitions from supporters and detractors of the sculpture, and some photographs.
Includes a sketch by the artist.
Includes a possible Polaroid of the installation site in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Includes installation instructions.
Correspondence, technical notes and photographs relating to the installation of a cast of Rush Hour at the Broadgate Complex in London, England. One photo does not seem to be of London installation. Main correspondent: ARUP Associates.
Includes color slides taken at the foundry of the patina in progress.
An artist's pen sketch of the work is present. Includes photographs of a model of the sculpture in the artist's studio, as well as the casting of one of the figures. Also includes slides of a model of the Commerce Building as well as construction workers at work.
Includes black and white photos of the plaster original and personal letters from admirers of the piece.
Six bronze casts of The Dancers in the collections of Seymour Schweber; The National Gallery (Washington, D.C.); Mr. and Mrs. Perry Base; Mr. and Mrs. David Bakalar; Museo de Arto Contemporanaeo (Caracas, Venezuela); Gana Art Gallery (Seoul, Korea). Includes correspondence with Seymour Schweber.
The Cuyahoga Justice Center in Cleveland, Ohio and a private collection.
William J. Lowenburg, committee member ; William "Bill" Mandel, journalist.
Some slides attached to correspondence (1984). Includes an account of modeling for the sculpture by Julian Cater (the young boy).
Proposals, correspondence, and interview transcripts for the short educational film entitled San Francisco Remembers, produced by Michael Gliksman.
Includes notes from friends and colleagues attached to some of the clippings.
Includes negatives and prints of the plaster original, a print of George Segal and the Chinese painter Yuan Yunsheng.
Includes slides of the installation process and subsequent vandalism, prints of the installation site before installation, the sculpture after installation and two prints from Segal's studio.
Includes correspondence after the death of Peter Putnam in 1987 and a number of color photographs, including The Homeless and Chance Meeting at Johnson Atelier foundry.
Includes photographs, negatives and a contact sheet of the sculpture at the foundry.
Some photographs are included. Two sketches by the artist.
For The Newark Museum. Principal correspondent is Samuel C. Miller.
Includes photographs of the model for the garden.
Located at the Philadelphia Life Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Primary correspondent: Norman Wolgin.
Includes pricing correspondence from Johnson Atelier foundry dated February 12, 1986 – May 31, 1988.
Includes photographs.
Table art piece edition entitled Classic Still Life, including some personal correspondence with the relevant parties.
Etchings done by Segal at Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) in Los Angeles, California and the negotiation of possible limited edition prints of his work. Includes photographs of the artist in the studio and unrelated photographs of California.
Includes a sketch by the artist. SEE ALSO - Series 10: Donald Lokuta Photographs.
Two incomplete commissions by Peter Putnam of the Mildred Andrews Fund: a multiple casting of a portrait of Louise Nevelson and castings of both Sophie Segal and Mrs. Mildred Andrews.
For the Federal Triangle Project in Washington, D.C.
Includes a number of photographs.
Accounting information related to 155 editions of Woman in Japanese Kimono.
A multiple edition of Woman Sitting on a Bed by the Mixographia Workshop, and its exhibition at the Remba Gallery in 1996. Included are twenty impressions of signatures used on the editions and photographs.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Israel. A photograph and color reproductions on paper are included.
Located at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela.
Note that the letter dated March 7, 1991 is mistaken in referring to the wrong sculpture.
Includes 1 color photograph. Note: Date of correspondence marked "February 1, 1994" deemed a mistake based on the context of the materials immediately following its original arrangement by the artist.
Information relating to casting and patina materials, tests, technical reports, maintenance and known issues. Includes patina samples and limited correspondence.
Includes color photographs and slides of the sculpture during installation and after the patina "corrosion."
Fax and image, along with information on the original manufacture of a piece of furniture used in Untitled (1980).