life-sized sculpture of two young women seated on a small mattress; one girl has long hair and sits with her legs apart, feet extended on either side of mattress; other girl with short hair seated on her knees with her feet under her; white overall

%C2%A9 Estate George Segal %2F Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C NY

The Girl Friends, 1969

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Two women on a rumpled mattress face each other in intimate conversation. The artist made these emotionally charged life-size figures by wrapping live models in cloth bandages dipped in plaster. The models were Jill Johnston, art critic for New York’s Village Voice newspaper in the 1960s and 1970s, and her partner at the time. Johnston was known for her outspoken critique of the era’s dominant cultural trends, her support of gay rights, and her openness about her own lesbian identity.

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Title
The Girl Friends
Artist Life
1924-2000
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2014.42
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life-sized sculpture of two young women seated on a small mattress; one girl has long hair and sits with her legs apart, feet extended on either side of mattress; other girl with short hair seated on her knees with her feet under her; white overall

© Estate George Segal / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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