George Rickey

George Rickey, Orenary (Space Churn Theme)

Auction Closed

May 15, 11:34 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Jennifer Gilbert Sold to Benefit Lumana Detroit

George Rickey

1907 - 2002

Orenary (Space Churn Theme)

stainless steel, painted metal and wood

42 by 8 ½ by 7 ½ in.

106.7 by 21.6 by 19.1 cm.

Executed in 1955.

Estate of the artist

Marlborough Gallery, London

Acquired from the above in December 2012 by the present owner

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, George Rickey: Retrospective, September - October 1979

New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, George Rickey: Important Early Sculptures, 1951-1965, in Recognition of his Ninetieth Year, April - May 1997, p. 90, illustrated

Indianapolis Museum of Art and New Orleans Museum of Art, Crossroads of American Sculpture: David Smith, George Rickey, John Chamberlain, Robert Indiana, William T. Wiley, October 2000 - September 2001

New York, Marlborough Gallery, George Rickey: Sculpture from the Estate, September - October 2013, n.p., illustrated