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Rush Hour

This composition of anonymous figures by George Segal evokes the deep isolation that can occur even when we are surrounded by others. The bronze sculptures are made from casts formed by applying plaster-dipped gauze directly onto the faces and clothed bodies of the models, who were friends and neighbors of the artist. Segal says that each figural form "is a distinct psychological portrait."

Gift of the Hall Family Foundation

1983; cast 1995
Bronze
64.5 x 20.0 x 19.0 in
F99-33/75 A-F
Text © The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2020

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