Joshua, The Madison Art Center acted as caretaker to the Segal sculpture "Gay Liberation" from 1987 to 1990 while the decision to place the piece in New York City was being discussed. The piece was placed in a Madison park during that period and we received conservation help from the foundry that cast the piece. I suggest you write to them directly: Johnson Atelier Technical Institute 60 Ward Ave. Extension Mercerville, NJ 08619 609-890-7777 At 05:39 PM 3/6/96 GMT, you wrote: >I am presently writing a paper analyzing the themes explored by Geroge >Segal in his sculptural environments, but think it would be interesting >to dicuss any conservation issues...those plaster casts must be >particularly difficult to store and display without risk. If anyone has >experience or knowledge of any such difficulties, please contact me. >Thank you in advance, > >-- >Joshua Heuman >[log in to unmask] > > ===================== Michael Paggie Madison Art Center 211 State Street Madison, WI 53703 Voice: 608-257-0158 Fax: 608-257-5722 Email: [log in to unmask] http://users.aol.com/MadArtCtr/MadArtCt.htm =====================