Lot 154
  • 154

George Rickey

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • George Rickey
  • Two Triangles, One Up One Down
  • incised with the artist's signature, dated 1987 and numbered 3/3 on the base
  • stainless steel
  • 146 by 72 by 13cm.; 57 1/2 by 28 3/8 by 5 1/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art, 3 May 1995, Lot 265
Acquired directly from the above  by the present owner

Literature

Shannon Kephart, Passages of Light and Time: George Rickey's Life in Motion, Notre Dame 2009, pp. 73 and 83, no. 30, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some oxidisation in the recesses. Visible only when examined in raking light, there are shallow surface scratches isolated in places.
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