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George Rickey (1907-2002)
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George Rickey (1907-2002)

Four Open Rectangles Diagonal Jointed Gyratory

Fermé16 November 2017

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George Rickey (1907-2002)
Four Open Rectangles Diagonal Jointed Gyratory
incised with artist’s signature and dated ‘Rickey 1988’ (on the base)
stainless steel
136 x 60 x 10 ½ in. (345.4 x 152.4 x 26.6 cm.)
Executed in 1988. This work is number two from an edition of three.

Parkerson Gallery, Houston
Collection of Balene McCormick, 1988
Her sale; Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2013, lot 190
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Note du spécialiste

"I have worked for several years with the simple movement of straight lines, as they cut each other, slice the intervening space and divide time, responding to the gentlest air currents."
(George Rickey, The Métier, 1965)