id: 147862 accession number: 1974.22 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.22 updated: 2025-08-20 12:39:53.176000 The Red Light, 1972. George Segal (American, 1924–2000). Plaster and mixed media; overall: 289.5 x 243.8 x 91.4 cm (114 x 96 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1974.22. © Estate of William Schwedler / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY title: The Red Light title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1972 creation date earliest: 1972 creation date latest: 1972 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: © Estate of William Schwedler / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY --- culture: America technique: plaster and mixed media department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * George Segal (American, 1924–2000) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 289.5 x 243.8 x 91.4 cm (114 x 96 x 36 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Contemporary American Artists opening date: 1973-12-18T05:00:00 Contemporary American Artists. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 1973-February 10, 1974). title: Year in Review: 1974 opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975). title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). title: Materials and Techniques of 20th-Century Artists opening date: 1976-11-17T05:00:00 Materials and Techniques of 20th-Century Artists. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 17, 1976-January 2, 1977). title: George Segal: Sculptures opening date: 1978-10-29T04:00:00 George Segal: Sculptures. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (October 29, 1978-January 7, 1979); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (February 18-April 1, 1979); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (May 16-July 8, 1979). title: Gallery One 2012 opening date: 2012-12-12T05:00:00 Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017). title: Life is a Highway: American Car Culture opening date: 2019-06-15T04:00:00 Life is a Highway: American Car Culture. The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (organizer) (June 15-September 15, 2019). title: Stories from Storage opening date: 2021-02-06T05:00:00 Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Contemporary American Artists," cat. #24, repr. p. 17', 'opening_date': '1973-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA 1975: "Year in Review 1974," Bulletin, LXII (March 1975), p. 102, cat. #138, repr. p. 87', 'opening_date': '1975-03-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA 1975: "Traditions and Revisions," cat. #116, repr. p. 136', 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA 1976: "Materials and Techniques of 20th Century Artists," cat. #9', 'opening_date': '1976-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Minneapolis, MN, Walker Art Center, 1978-1979: "George Segal: Sculptures," cat. no. 28, repr. p. 82 (Approved: Trustees\' Meg 7/25/1977).', 'opening_date': '1977-07-25T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS “Acquisitions of Modern Art by Museums.” The Burlington Magazine CXVII (May 1975), mentioned p. 328, reproduced p. 334, no. 90. page number: url: Henning, Edward B. “The Red Light by George Segal.” CMA Bulletin LXIII, vol. 63, no. 5, (May 1976), mentioned p.146-150, reproduced p.147, fig. 1. page number: url: Hunter, Sam. George Segal. New York: Rizzoli, 1984, pp. 54, 58, reproduced color fig. 50, p. 57. page number: url: Lym, Glenn Robert. “When Places Include People: Edward Hopper and George Segal.” Places: A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design, vol. 2, no. 1, (1985), mentioned p.28-29, reproduced p.29, no. 14. page number: url: Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62–102. page number: Mentioned: p. 62, 64, 102; Reproduced: p. 86, no. 138 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580 Henning, Edward B. “Sky Cathedral-Moon Garden Wall by Louise Nevelson.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 7 (September 1977): 242–51. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 243-244 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159539 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 256 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n276 Greenberg, Jan, and Sandra Jordan. The Sculptor’s Eye : Looking at Contemporary American Art. New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 44-45, fig. 15 url: Lucie-Smith, Edward. "Artistic Trends." 藝術家 = Yi shu jia 589, no. 6 (June 2024): 278-289 page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 286 url: --- IMAGES