Richard Bellamy Seated

Artist: George Segal, American, 1924–2000
Depicted: Richard Hu Bellamy, American, 1927–1998
Date: 1964
Material: Plaster and metal
made in: South Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Classification: Sculpture
Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 246
Dimensions: 49 3/4 x 39 1/2 x 20 in. (126.4 x 100.3 x 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Judith Aronson in memory of Adam Aronson
Rights: © The George and Helen Segal Foundation / Licensed by ARS, New York, NY
Object Number: 9:2010a,b

NOTES

For this sculpture George Segal depicted his friend, art dealer Richard Bellamy, who was director of the short-lived but influential Green Gallery in New York. With shoulders slightly slumped and arms and legs crossed, Bellamy’s body rests nonchalantly on a metal folding chair. Segal here used his characteristic method of creating direct casts by applying cotton bandages dipped in plaster onto the faces and bodies of his chosen models—usually family, friends, and neighbors. Bellamy was an important supporter of Segal as well as a number of Pop artists including Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist.

Provenance

1964 - 2012
Adam and Judith Aronson, St. Louis, MO, commissioned from the artist [1]

2010 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Judith Aronson in memory of Adam Aronson; complete ownership transferred in 2012 [2]

Notes:
[1] Per donor's notation on Deed of Gift, dated May 3, 2010 [SLAM document files].

[2] Per partial and promised deed of gift dated May 3, 2010 [SLAM document files]; and per Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 29, 2010, February 27, 2012, and September 24, 2012. Full ownership transferred to Saint Louis Art Museum per letter of acknowledgement dated August 7, 2012 [SLAM document files].

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