Reminiscences of George Segal : oral history, 1978.

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Reminiscences of George Segal : oral history, 1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122451330

Reaction to abstract expressionism; move to sculpting and use of plaster for life castings; attitudes to public art in United States; work on Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Transcript: 40 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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