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This life-size environmental sculpture was inspired by David Kruidenier, the Des Moines Register Chairman, who conceived of commissioning Segal to execute a large tableau related to the newspaper business. The sculpture was among the first to be installed in the Register's offices.
Segal was born in 1924 in New York where he received most of his formal art training. He turned his efforts exclusively to sculpture in 1960-1961. In 1970 he was awarded an honorary doctor's degree by Rutgers University.
Published ReferencesDMAC News, Sept./Oct. 1994, p.5
DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, June 11, 2000, ill. p.3B
AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. & b/w ill. p.247, color detail pp.246 & 247
Published ReferencesDMAC News, Sept./Oct. 1994, p.5
DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, June 11, 2000, ill. p.3B
AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. & b/w ill. p.247, color detail pp.246 & 247
DimensionsOverall: 96 × 94 × 28 in. (243.8 × 238.8 × 71.1 cm)
Accession Number 1985.4
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightARS
ProvenanceArtist; Des Moines Register and Tribune Company [commissioned from previous, 1971]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from previous, 1985]
