  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  Despite its title, this combination of plaster, scrap wood, and galvanized iron refers to demolition rather than construction. It represents that familiar sidewalk device of doors and lumber discards shielding pedestrians from flying debris. Typically, Segal juxtaposes a plaster figure cast from life with a found, but reconstructed, elemental contraption to create a sculpture that questions the viewer's assumptions about reality and art.
  
  
  Title
  The Tunnel
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1968
  
  Artist
  George Segal
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1924 - 2000
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Plaster and mixed media
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 86 &Atilde;&#151; 168 &Atilde;&#151; 56 inches (218.4 cm &Atilde;&#151; 4 m 26.7 cm &Atilde;&#151; 142.2 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  Contemporary Art after 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  70.658
  
  
  Copyright
  Restricted
  
  
  
