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Two Lines Oblique Down III
Details
GEORGE RICKEY (1907-2002)
Two Lines Oblique Down III
incised with the artist's signature, number and date 'Rickey 70 2⁄8' (on the base)
kinetic sculpture—stainless steel
overall dimensions variable
maximum height: 384 in. (975.4 cm.)
maximum width: 438 ½ in. (1113.8 cm.)
base: 1 x 10 x 10 in. (2.54 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1970. This work is number two from an edition of eight.
Two Lines Oblique Down III
incised with the artist's signature, number and date 'Rickey 70 2⁄8' (on the base)
kinetic sculpture—stainless steel
overall dimensions variable
maximum height: 384 in. (975.4 cm.)
maximum width: 438 ½ in. (1113.8 cm.)
base: 1 x 10 x 10 in. (2.54 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed in 1970. This work is number two from an edition of eight.
Provenance
Denver Art Museum, acquired directly from the artist, 1972
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2017, lot 229
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2017, lot 229
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
N. Rosenthal, George Rickey, New York, 1977, pp. 42, 44-45 and 68, pls. 28-35 (another example illustrated in situ).
G. Nordland, ed., Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden: An Annotated Catalog of the Collection, Los Angeles, 1978, pp. 3 and 46 (another example illustrated in situ).
O. Andrews, Living Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook, Los Angeles, 1983, p. 308, pl. 14.18 (another example illustrated in situ).
Indianapolis Museum of Art Collections Handbook, Indianapolis, 1988, p. 126 (another example illustrated in situ).
In the Sculptor's Landscape: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, exh. cat., Los Angeles, University of California, Wight Art Gallery, 1993, pp. 28 and 93, pl. 28, fig. 86 (another example illustrated in situ; study illustrated).
C. Burlingham, The Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2007, pp. 43, 61, 136 and 137 (another example illustrated in situ).
P. McDonnell and E. Stamey, Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Seattle, 2010, p. 81 (another example illustrated in situ).
G. Nordland, ed., Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden: An Annotated Catalog of the Collection, Los Angeles, 1978, pp. 3 and 46 (another example illustrated in situ).
O. Andrews, Living Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook, Los Angeles, 1983, p. 308, pl. 14.18 (another example illustrated in situ).
Indianapolis Museum of Art Collections Handbook, Indianapolis, 1988, p. 126 (another example illustrated in situ).
In the Sculptor's Landscape: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, exh. cat., Los Angeles, University of California, Wight Art Gallery, 1993, pp. 28 and 93, pl. 28, fig. 86 (another example illustrated in situ; study illustrated).
C. Burlingham, The Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at UCLA, Los Angeles, 2007, pp. 43, 61, 136 and 137 (another example illustrated in situ).
P. McDonnell and E. Stamey, Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Seattle, 2010, p. 81 (another example illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
Lincoln, University of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, American Sculpture: An Exhibition Organized to Inaugurate the Sheldon Sculpture Garden, September-November 1970, n.p., no. 131 (another example exhibited and illustrated in situ).
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Seven - Outside - Inaugural Exhibition in the New Museum Building, October 1970-January 1971 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, University of California, UCLA Art Galleries; Palm Springs Desert Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Wichita Art Museum; Lincoln, University of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery; Arts Club of Chicago; Denver Art Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, George Rickey: Retrospective Exhibition, 1951-1971, February 1971-July 1972, n.p., no. 42 (exhibited and illustrated in situ).
Denver Art Museum, Landscape as Metaphor, Visions of America in the Late 20th Century, May-September 1994.
Denver Art Museum, The View from Denver: Contemporary American Art from the Denver Art Museum, May-August 1997, pp. 34-35 and 59 (illustrated in situ).
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Seven - Outside - Inaugural Exhibition in the New Museum Building, October 1970-January 1971 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, University of California, UCLA Art Galleries; Palm Springs Desert Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Wichita Art Museum; Lincoln, University of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery; Arts Club of Chicago; Denver Art Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, George Rickey: Retrospective Exhibition, 1951-1971, February 1971-July 1972, n.p., no. 42 (exhibited and illustrated in situ).
Denver Art Museum, Landscape as Metaphor, Visions of America in the Late 20th Century, May-September 1994.
Denver Art Museum, The View from Denver: Contemporary American Art from the Denver Art Museum, May-August 1997, pp. 34-35 and 59 (illustrated in situ).
Further details
Other works from this edition are in the collections of the Murphy Sculpture Garden (University of California, Los Angeles), Kreeger Museum (Washington, D.C.), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Edwin Ulrich Museum of Art (Wichita State University), Amherst College, Detroit Institute of Arts, and University of New Mexico.
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