Lot 435
  • 435

George Rickey

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • George Rickey
  • Five Triangles II (Documenta Stiftung)
  • incised with number 24/25 on the underside; incised with the artist's signature, date 68 and number 24/25 on the base
  • stainless steel on marble base
  • 16 by 20 by 5 in. 40.6 by 50.8 by 12.7 cm.

Provenance

Staempfli Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, George Rickey in Berlin 1967-1992, 1992
Indianapolis Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art, Crossroads of American Sculpture: David Smith, George Rickey, John Chamberlain, Robert Indiana, William T. Wiley, Bruce Nauman, October 2000 - September 2001, p.123 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Lucinda H. Gedeon, George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture: A Retrospective, Vero Beach, 2007, p. 114, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is some light scattered surface soiling and some faint surface abrasions.
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