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The Holocaust, (sculpture). Artist:  Segal, George, 1924-2000, sculptor. Title:  The Holocaust, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed Nov. 8, 1984. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, painted; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 x 12 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. W. 20 ft. x D. 20 ft. Inscription:  (Four inscription plaques) unsigned Description:  Two images of the Holocaust are depicted with George Segal's characteristic white-painted figures. One is an image of a Holocaust survivor standing by a barbed-wire fence. He is dressed in tattered cloths and reaches up to the barbed wire with his proper right hand. Behind him is another image of the Holocaust, a pile of naked bodies of Holocaust victims. The sculpture rests on a concrete platform on a hill overlooking the ocean. A fence surrounds the sculpture, but the viewer can enter the sculpture and walk around the figures. Subject:  History -- Europe -- Holocaust History -- Europe -- World War II Figure group Ethnic -- Hebrew State of Being -- Death -- Execution State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Lincoln Park, Next to Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California 94121 Remarks:  IAS files contain transcription of four inscription plaques attached to the walls surrounding the sculpture. IAS files contain related articles from the San Francisco Chronicle, April 16, 1983, pg. 36; San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 8, 1983 and a copy of a brochure "George Segal The Holocaust," New York, NY: Jewish Museum. Since the memorial was installed in 1984, it has been vandalized with paint and graffiti several times. IAS files contain articles from the San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 1989 and Progress, Nov. 14, 1984 describing two incidents of vandalism. References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 8, 1983. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000007   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000007 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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