Two Lines Bronze Horizontal
Artist
George Rickey
American, 1907 - 2002
Date1964
MediumSheet bronze
DimensionsOverall: 106 1/2 × 11 × 3 3/4 in. (270.5 × 27.9 × 9.5 cm)
Base: 11 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 cm)
Other (Blades): 106 1/2 in. (270.5 cm)
Other (Post): 96 in. (243.8 cm)
Base: 11 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 cm)
Other (Blades): 106 1/2 in. (270.5 cm)
Other (Post): 96 in. (243.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineFeibes & Schmitt Collection
Object number2021.5.73
On View
Not on viewSignedMetal plate on base: Rickey 1964-1979
DescriptionSculpture composed of two blades that taper to points at one end. The wider ends are weighted. The blades are triangular and made of three sheets of metal welded together. Blades attach to a metal post. Metal base is rectangular with holes in each corner for mounting. This early work by Rickey is engineered to move in response to air currents and both the blades and the top of the post are kinetic.Exhibition HistoryGeorge Rickey: Kinetic Sculpture, October 20-November 7, 1964, Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY.
"George Rickey Across Time", The Hyde Collection, Charles R. Wood Gallery, June 7 – Sept. 28, 2025ProvenanceEdith Rickey, East Chatham, New York; purchased by Werner Feibes [1929-2021] and James Schmitt [1925-2013], Schenectady, New York, November 3, 1965; by bequest to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2021.
