Oral history interview with George Segal
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 53 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Segal, George, 1924-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Hansa Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Richard Green Gallery  (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
label: Names
content: Bellamy, Richard
label: Names
content: Delevante, Sidney, 1894-
label: Names
content: Kaprow, Allan
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Jersey -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New Jersey -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Segal, George, 1924-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Segal (1924-2000) was a sculptor and painter from North Brunswick, N.J.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 112 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 November 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.segal73
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of George Segal conducted 1973 November 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Segal speaks of his childhood and family life in the Bronx; his education at Rutgers and at Pratt Institute; studying at New York University with William Baziotes; abstract expressionism; his acquaintance with Allan Kaprow and the Hansa Gallery group; his search for an individual language as an artist; life and art on his New Jersey farm; exhibitions at the Hansa and Green galleries; his development of bandage and plaster sculpture. He recalls Sidney Delevante and Richard Bellamy.