$10,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Modern & Contemporary Works of Art
Auction: November 2, 2014 2:00:00 PM EDT
Inscribed on base 'To George from George / 1960 / Rickey', stainless steel and wire on wood base.
height: 15 5/8 in. (39.7cm)
Provenance: The artist.
Mr. George Debell, East Chatham, New York (gifted directly from the above).
By descent in family to current owner.
Private Collection, Maryland.
note:
The present work was gifted to George Debell, who, along with his wife Jade, lived next door to the artist and his wife, Edie in the 1960's. The couples were lifelong friends. Included in this lot are photographs, a holiday card from the Rickeys and a humorous poem written by Edie Rickey for the Debells in which she references the value of artists signing their works. The poem relates that, at Jade's request, Mrs. Rickey encouraged her husband to sign and date his gift to add value for the recipients.