George Segal

Rizzoli, 1984. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily textured cream cloth/boards with black lettering in impressively good shape though the dust jacket protective cover has been taped to book's covers. Photo skyline end papers in sepia with large open tear to upper corner of front, library markings. 379 pages with 432 large, often full page illustrations on heavy paper, 213 in color. Comprehensive monograph of the subject, with a great many photos of his archetypal white plaster figures. Contents include The casting process in Segal's studio, Public sculpture: polemics, issues, the work, Environmental sculpture, Bas-reliefs, Fragments, Oil on canvas, work on paper, Bibliography: critical reception, Selected bibliographical listings, statements by the artist, exhibition list, bibliography, public collections, catalogue and index.