# George Segal artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-segal/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T19:10:36.706Z
Quality: medium confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Movements: Pop Art
- Common media: Sculpture, Painting, Prints and engraving, Plaster sculpture

## Portrait

![George Segal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/George_Segal_artist%2C_in_New_Jersey_studio.jpg/1280px-George_Segal_artist%2C_in_New_Jersey_studio.jpg)
Bernard Gotfryd · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Segal_artist,_in_New_Jersey_studio.jpg

## About George Segal

George Segal (1924-2000) was an American sculptor and painter associated with Pop Art. Museum and authority records identify him as a visual artist, while MoMA's collection documents sculpture, portraiture, and printmaking within his practice. Works listed by MoMA include Portrait of Sidney Janis with Mondrian Painting, The Bus Driver, and plates from an international anthology of contemporary engraving, illustrating his engagement with human figures, recognizable social roles, and editioned works alongside unique sculpture. Institutional profiles at MoMA, Tate, and the National Gallery of Art provide stable identity references for the artist. Collectors may therefore encounter Segal's name across sculpture and mixed media, paintings, works on paper, and prints. Appraisily's public market index also records a substantial body of auction results, making object-level identification - including medium, date, edition information, and attribution - essential when comparing one George Segal work with another.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may classify George Segal works as sculpture or mixed media, paintings, works on paper, prints and engravings, or editioned objects. MoMA's holdings document portraits, an occupational figure such as The Bus Driver, and contributions to a contemporary engraving anthology. Plaster sculpture is also associated with the artist in the collected reference material, although the present source support for that specific medium is less authoritative than the museum evidence for sculpture and printmaking.

## Market and appraisal context

George Segal's public auction results should be compared at the object level rather than reduced to a single representative price. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date and career period, condition or restoration, surface quality, signature and inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Subject matter and the availability of closely comparable sales may also affect how a result is interpreted. Sculpture, paintings, works on paper, prints, mixed-media objects, and editions should not be treated as interchangeable categories. Public records can omit private transactions, and reported totals may use different fee conventions, so a defensible appraisal should compare like with like and document the limits of the available evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public auction data is evidence for comparison, not a substitute for object-specific attribution, condition review, provenance research, or authentication.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703624
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500032575
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/057871787
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/5316
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-segal-25686
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.2269.html
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/segal-george-19242000
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Segal_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Segal_(K%C3%BCnstler)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/george-segal/