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George Rickey

Seesaw and Carousel

1955

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Seesaw and Carousel

George Rickey

Seesaw and Carousel

George Rickey

Seesaw and Carousel

1955

Physical Qualities Stainless steel, brass, paint, 34 1/2 x 120 1/2 x 120 in. (87.7 x 306.2 x 304.8 cm)
Credit Line Frederic W. Cone Fund
Object Number 1956.109
polished and painted polychrome (kinetic)
Gedeon, Lucinda H., "George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture: A Retrospective," Vero Beach Museum of Art, 2007, p. 21, fig. 19.
Rathbone, Belinda. "George Rickey: A Life in Balance." Boston: Godine, Publisher, 2021, ill.

Artist

George Rickey
born South Bend, IN 1907; died Saint Paul, MN 2002
Meet George Rickey
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 03

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