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Artist/Creator (1)	Segal, George (1924-2000)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Holocaust , (The)
Variant Title/Caption	Holocaust Memorial , (The)
Date of Work	Installed Nov. 8, 1984.
Description of View	Partial view showing corpses in foreground and standing figure at wire fence behind
Notes	Located Lincoln Park, Next to Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. Sponsor/Developer: The City of San Francisco participated in this project by forming a steering committee which supervised all aspects of this project. Project Description: This memorial to the Jewish people who lost their lives in German concentration camps during the Second World War consists of a number of figures lying in a group, and one standing with outstretched hands grasping a barbed-wire fence. The Holocaust Memorial is located on a hillside facing San Francisco Bay. The sculpture is bordered on three sides by a cement retaining wall, which is approximately ten feet tall and encloses an area of about 600 square feet. The open end of the enclosure faces the view. Two fence posts, with barbed wire stretched between them, partially blocks the entrance to the 'cell'. A single figure is standing at the fence. His outstretched hand is holding onto the barbed-wire fencing. Behind him in the middle of the enclosure are the fallen victims of the concentration camp. The figures and fence elements are painted a stark white. At night a single harsh floodlight illuminates the figures. Project History: Rhoda Goldman was appointed by Mayor Dianne Feinstein to organize a memorial to the six million Jews who died in German concentration camps during World War II. A number of prominent artists -- including Henry Moore, Joan Miro, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Graham and others -- were asked to contribute proposals for the memorial. The committee selected the proposal by George Segal and the work was installed in 1984. Controversy immediately ensued over the procedure used for selecting the artist and the choice of the site. Opponents from surrounding neighborhoods questioned the apparent 'fait accompli' of the decision to locate the project at Lincoln Park. Others were critical of the artist's qualifications to do a work of such seriousness, when his reputation was more connected with often playful and ordinary themes. Most people considered the final work to be a highly emotional and powerful statement about the Holocaust. Some critics argued that a more appropriate approach might have been to 'memorialize' the men, women and children who died, rather than to 'remember' the explicit details of their death. Project Cost: $500,000.
Technique/Process	sculpture, metalworking, casting
Materials/Medium	Sculpture: painted bronze, cement, wire. Base: concrete.
Dimensions	Site: 600 sq. ft. Sculpture: ca. 5 1/2 x 12 x 12 ft. Base: ca. W. 20 ft. x D. 20 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	San Francisco, California (United States)
Location.Current Repository	Lincoln Park
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public sculpture War memorials Figures, female Figures, male Nudes, female Nudes, male Prisoners Dead Corpses Executions World War II Genocide Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	Contemporary Monuments and Memorials
Reference Number	Art on File MM-18(3)-1
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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