About the Artwork
Man in Green Doorway
1972
George Segal
1924 - 2000
American
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Plaster, wood, porcelain, and paint
Overall (installed): 85 × 38 × 33 1/2 inches (215.9 × 96.5 × 85.1 cm) Overall (figure - approx.): 66 × 19 × 16 inches (167.6 × 48.3 × 40.6 cm) Overall (doorframe): 85 × 37 1/2 × 6 5/16 inches (215.9 × 95.3 × 16 cm) Overall (base): 32 × 44 × 3/4 inches (81.3 × 111.8 × 1.9 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.134
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Provenance
1973, sold by (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York, USA);1973-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2023
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New Sculpture by George Segal. Exh. cat., Sidney Janus Gallery. New York, 1973, cat. 8 (ill.), p. 6; p. 15.
Abatt, Corinne. “Collecting: Their Lives Center on Avant Garde Art.” Southfield Eccentric, October 22, 1981, p. (S)1B (ill.)
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George Segal, Man in Green Doorway, 1972, plaster, wood, porcelain, and paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.134.
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