Girl in Blue Jeans: Back View
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This print is from a series by George Segal featuring male and female figures wearing blue jeans, often with T-shirts rendered in bright pops of color. Their bodies are seen close up and cropped, and appear as if pressed against the picture’s surface: torsos and hips emerge from the inky black background. Here, the artist focused on a woman’s blue-jean-clad bottom, with both soft ground etching and aquatint used to describe her sensual form. Though Segal is associated with Pop art, his works have a mysterious psychological quality that distinguishes him from others in the movement.
Caption
George Segal American, 1924–2000. Girl in Blue Jeans: Back View, 1975. Soft ground and aquatint on paper, sheet: 39 x 27 3/4 in. (99.1 x 70.5 cm) image: 26 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (67.9 x 56.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carroll Janis, 84.271.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.271.3_PS9.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Printer
Title
Girl in Blue Jeans: Back View
Portfolio
Date
1975
Medium
Soft ground and aquatint on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 39 x 27 3/4 in. (99.1 x 70.5 cm) image: 26 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (67.9 x 56.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right in pencil: "George Segal '75"
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right in pencil: "11/55"
Credit Line
Gift of Carroll Janis
Accession Number
84.271.3
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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