The powerful incongruity of artist George Segal’s stark white yet realistic bronze figures sitting together on a park bench becomes even more striking when we see what is juxtaposed with them on the same bench. The figures touch in friendship. The man, initially lost in the shadows, has only the bench itself to touch. The figures are part of New York City’s Gay Liberation Monument. A transcript of the plaque on the fence in the background is reproduced at: http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=10767