Property from an American Family Collection
George Rickey
Little Machine of Unconceived Use
Auction Closed
May 16, 09:24 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Family Collection
George Rickey
1907 - 2002
Little Machine of Unconceived Use
steel and brass
overall: 12 ¾ by 24 by 10 in.
32.4 by 61 by 25.4 cm.
Executed in 1952, this work is unique.
Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston
Private Collection, New Jersey (acquired from the above in March 1953)
Acquired by descent from the above in 2001 to the present owner
Indianapolis, John Herron Art Museum, Mobile Sculpture by George Rickey, January 1953, no. 4, n.p.
