George Segal
Untitled (Hands Behind Back)

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Artist George Segal(American, 1925–2000)American, 1925–2000

CultureAmerican

Titles

Untitled (Hands Behind Back)

Date1967

MediumPastel on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joe and Aggie Foster, The Alvin S. Romansky Prints & Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund, Bank of America matching funds supported by Joe Walker, Christy Craig in honor of her husband, Mark Craig at Art + Paper 2014

Object number2014.1127

Non exposé

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Jill Newhouse, New York, by 2013-2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Defining the Body: Contemporary Figuration on Paper," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 1—November 1, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, bottom right edge: Segal 67

Verso: Inscribed in graphite on orange paper button, top right: 2

Verso: Stamp in purple ink, bottom right: Zollamt *Stuttgart* Flughafen [wrapped around the coat of arms of Germany]

Verso: Gallery label in printed ink, top right of frame backboard: SF. 0370 / Untitled ( Hands Behind Back) / Pastel on Midnight Blue Paper / 18"x12"

Verso: Gallery label in printed ink, center of frame backboard: JILL NEWHOUSE [printed vertically on left edge] / 4 East 81st Street / New York, NY 10028 / GEORGE SEGAL / (American, 1924-2000) / Untitled (Hands Behind Back), 1965 / Pastel on paper / 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm) / Signed and dated lower right

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