Provenance
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Phillips, New York, November 13, 2009, lot 122
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, George Rickey: Sixteen Years of Kinetic Art, September 30 - November 20, 1966, n.p. (illustrated)
Literature
Maxwell Davidson, George Rickey: The Early Works, New York, 2004, p. 209 (illustrated)

217

George Rickey

Inverted Column

incised with the artist's signature and date "Rickey 1966" on the wall mount
stainless steel
approximately 36 x 6 x 12 in. (91.4 x 15.2 x 30.5 cm)
Executed in 1966, this work is unique.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000

Contact Specialist

John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261

jmccord@phillips.com

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York 8 December 2020

101
Bill Traylor
Untitled (Black and Brown Horse)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $55,440
102
Jacob Lawrence
Street Scene
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,300
103
Milton Avery
Landscape
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,900
104
Hans Hofmann
Provincetown Blue Sea
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $105,840
105
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF327)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,900
106
Helen Frankenthaler
Thanksgiving Day Series (#13)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,720
107
Beauford Delaney
Street Scene
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $478,800
108
Matthew Wong
A Dream
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $864,900
109
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $302,400
110
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $176,400
111
Alexander Calder
Light Fixture
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
112
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $315,000
113
Alexander Calder
Fly choker
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
114
Alexander Calder
Tray
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
115
Alexander Calder
Lion Cage
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $45,360
116
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $52,920
117
Alexander Calder
Aerialist
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
118
Alexander Calder
The Crooked Stick and the Straight Stick
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $28,980
119
Joan Miró
Tête
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,480
120
Joan Miró
Figures
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
121
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
122
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled (de Gaulle)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
123
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $37,800
124
Conrad Marca-Relli
The Expendible
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $277,200
125
Andy Warhol
Puma Invader
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
126
Andy Warhol
Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (positive)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
127
Andy Warhol
Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (negative)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $85,680
128
Arthur Segal
Stillleben mit Flasche
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $163,800
129
Marc Chagall
La danse au village
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $15,120
130
Käthe Kollwitz
Mutter, zwei Kinder an sich pressend
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,700
131
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, "Liz," 1963
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $55,440
132
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, "Marilyn Monroe," 1962 (brown)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,760
133
Richard Pettibone
Jasper Johns "Grey Rectangles," 1957
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
134
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp "Bicycle Wheel," 1913
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,000
135
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $365,400
136
Saul Steinberg
Two Worlds
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
137
Jean Dubuffet
Site aux trois arbres
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $541,800
138
Jack Tworkov
Marsh
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
139
Philip Guston
Slope
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $365,400
140
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $630,000
141
Mary Heilmann
Glide
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $126,000
142
Richard Pousette-Dart
Pool of Contemplation
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $214,200
143
Ralph Humphrey
Armanda
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $107,100
144
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
145
This lot is no longer available.
146
Theodoros Stamos
Navarone
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
147
Betty Parsons
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $138,600
148
Robert Motherwell
Basque Suite #50
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
149
David Smith
Classic Figure III
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $201,600
150
Elaine de Kooning
Bull
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $75,600
151
Larry Poons
Panamar
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,800
152
Friedel Dzubas
Key Largo
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,000
153
Roger Brown
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,280
154
Roger Brown
Looking for a Leveraged Buyout
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $132,300
155
Roger Brown
The Big Bang
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $42,840
156
John Wesley
Flight
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,900
157
Kenneth Noland
Dawn-Dusk
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $195,300
158
Fred Sandback
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,300
159
Nam June Paik
Music is Not Sound
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
160
Carl Andre
Steel Parallels
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $176,400
161
John Chamberlain
Los Ang Us
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $365,400
162
Frank Stella
k.161b
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
163
This lot is no longer available.
164
Roy Lichtenstein
Suspended Mobile
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
165
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Geese+)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $302,400
166
Martin Wong
Untitled (Antonio Home)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
167
Keith Haring
For Herb
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
168
Andy Warhol
Marilyn
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $113,400
169
Andy Warhol
Flowers
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $277,200
170
Andy Warhol
Portrait of Bronka Weintraub
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $126,000
171
Robert Rauschenberg
Pewter Drawer
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
172
Robert Rauschenberg
Quarters from the series Anagrams (A Pun)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $126,000
173
Ed Ruscha
Chick Unit
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $214,200
174
Ed Ruscha
Three works: (i-iii) Periods
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
175
Alex Katz
Zihuatenejo Bay
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,400
176
Neil Jenney
Lines and Track
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $245,700
177
Ralph Goings
Hot Fudge Sundae
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $403,200
178
Fernando Botero
Venus
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $529,200
179
Manolo Valdés
Regina
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $55,440
180
Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman with Mirror
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $403,200
181
Bowl of Fruits
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
182
Pablo Picasso
Personnage endormi et femme accroupie (VIII)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $151,200
183
Henri Matisse
Jeune fille assise
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,700
184
This lot is no longer available.
185
Francis Picabia
Sans titre
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $42,840
186
Francis Picabia
Sans titre
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $226,800
187
Joan Miró
Sans titre
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
188
Wassily Kandinsky
Untitled
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
189
Jean Dubuffet
Texte Logologique VI
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,920
190
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $69,300
191
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,600
192
Bob Thompson
The Beg
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $75,600
193
Beauford Delaney
Self-portrait
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $315,000
194
Andy Warhol
Rolling Stones - Love you Live Bill Wyman
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
195
Andy Warhol
The Annunciation (after Leonardo da Vinci)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,320
196
Andy Warhol
Head (After Picasso)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $71,820
197
Marisa Merz
Untitled (Gold and Silver)
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
198
Gordon Matta-Clark
Bing-Go Gone
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
199
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $75,600
200
Georg Baselitz
Untitled (Beach Picture)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,600
201
Anselm Kiefer
Gilgamesch im Zedernwald
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
202
Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
Pussy, Die mondmoralische Märchenwundersau com Kurfürstendamm
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,780
203
Francis Bacon
Untitled (Figure upside down on sofa)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $157,500
204
William Turnbull
Untitled (Walking Figures)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,400
205
Yayoi Kusama
Grass-Igniting Coruscation
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $75,600
206
Yayoi Kusama
Village with Mountain Views
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
207
Mark Tobey
Untitled (Raissance of a Flower)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
208
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Entrance to Peking
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,680
209
Al Held
Cygnus I
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,920
210
David Novros
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
211
Alfred Jensen
Gothic
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,200
212
Lee Mullican
Isis Appearing (Guardian Figure)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $44,100
213
Larry Bell
Small Mirage Study #162
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
214
Harvey Quaytman
Walnut, Slate and Clay
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,880
215
Sol LeWitt
Black and Gray Diagonal Bands in Three Directions with a Black Border
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
216
Richard Tuttle
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
217
George Rickey
Inverted Column
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
218
George Rickey
Two Fixed Two Moving Lines III
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,760
219
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,970
220
Luis Tomasello
Atmosphère Chromoplastique No. 259
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $39,060
221
Edgar Negret
Árbol
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $21,420
222
This lot is no longer available.
223
Carlos Alfonzo
Thought Forms
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $138,600
224
This lot is no longer available.
225
Ana Mercedes Hoyos
Inverapuestas el Perro
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
226
LeRoy Neiman
Le rendez-vous
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,320
227
Bernard Buffet
La montagne Sainte-Victoire
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $52,920
228
Bernard Buffet
Princesse Espagnole
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $252,000
229
Christian Zervos
The complete set of Pablo Picasso, Catalogue Raisonné 1875-1973
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $37,800
230
Georges Rouault
Jeune clown pensif
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
231
Auguste Herbin
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,820
232
Carl Paul Jennewein
Iris
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
233
Jim Dine
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,380
234
Claes Oldenburg
Two Small Ray Guns
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
235
Larry Rivers
Dreyfus
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,820
236
Kenny Scharf
Coconut Donut in Space
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $41,580
237
Kenny Scharf
Turkone
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $126,000
238
Kenny Scharf
Spacecase
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $81,900

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George Rickey

Inverted Column

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