Two Lines Up with Spirals and Gimbals

Date
Artist
George Rickey, American, b. South Bend, Indiana, 1907–2002
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
86.3956
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Gold wire
Dimensions
(wire armature): 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (13.3 x 14 x 6.4 cm) (two long extension wires): 13 3/4 x 2 x 3/4 in. (34.9 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm) each (Two short squiggly wires (both)): 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (2.9 x 4.4 x 1 cm) BASE (Black stone): 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (1.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)