Blue Girl on Black Bed (Primary Title)

George Segal, American, 1924 - 2000 (Artist)

1976
American
painted plaster, wood
United States
Overall: 44 × 82 × 60 in. (111.76 × 208.28 × 152.4 cm)
85.444.1-2
Not on view
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
The Figure in Sculpture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, October 10 - November 14, 1979

George Segal, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, October 29, 1978 - January 7, 1979; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, February 18 - April 1, 1979; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, May 16 - July 8, 1979

George Segal, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, February 1977
Ravenal, John B. Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. (Pp. 136-137).

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Barriault, Anne. Selections: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1997. (P. 112).

Lyons, Deborah and Adam D. Weinberg. Edward Hopper and the American Imagination. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995. (Pp. 112-113).

Mathes, Charles. Treasures of American Museums. New York: M&M Books, 1991. (No. 4, p. 85).

Brandt, Frederick R. Late 20th Century Art. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985. (No. 88, p. 180-181).

Preble, Michael. “Attempting to Outline a Decade.” Artweek 10, no. 8 (February 1979): 1; 16. (P. 1).

Marck, Jan van der. George Segal. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979. (No. 161, pp. 222-223).

Friedman, Martin and Graham W.J. Beal. George Segal: Sculptures. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1978. (P. 22).

Kuspit, Donald P. "George Segal: On the Verge of Tragic Vision." Art in America (May/June, 1977). (P. 84-85).

Stevens, Mark. "Color Them Masters." Newsweek, Feb 14, 1977. (P. 80).
(Sidney Janis Gallery, New York) by 1977; Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, Virginia in February of 1977; Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in December of 1985.
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