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Bob 1998 20th Century 38 in. x 50 in. (96.52 cm x 127 cm) George Segal (New York, 1924 - 2000) Object Type: Drawing Medium and Support: pastel, charcoal on stonehenge paper Credit Line: Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Fletcher Dishongh Charitable Trust. 1998.012 Accession Number: 1998.012 Comments: Known primarily for his sculptures and drawings related to his sculpture, George Segal has also done intense, large-scale portrait drawings of friends, family and people in private mental institutions. He boldly fills his large sheets with emotionally charged and wrought faces. Rich and dense pastel and charcoal are rubbed, scratched and sculpted to create and define the angular shaped face in Bob, 1998. Crosshatched lines mold the features and hair and emphasize the intense piercing eyes and furrowed brow of the artist, Rauschenberg. The humanity of Jim, 1996, is more serene, with softer tones used for the glimmering silver hair and the life-reflecting facial lines of the former doorman. Segal finds and gives life to his subjects as he raises their humanity from the sheets. Townsend Wolfe, Director and Chief Curator 7th National Drawing Invitational exhibition catalogue 1998

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• American
• portrait

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• Masterworks: Drawing

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• Class:Fine Arts:drawing
• Subject:figure:portrait

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