George Rickey (South Bend/Indiana 1907 – 2002 St. Paul/Minnesota). ”Two Up, Two Down Excentric Askew II”. 1981 Kinetic stainless steel sculpture with 4 moving needles. 386,5 × 348 × 40 cm (without base) / length the needles: 182 cm (152 ⅛ × 137 × 15 ¾ in. (without base) / length the needles: 71 ⅝ in.). On the base signed and dated: Rickey 1981. One of 2 numbered copies, only 2 of the planned 3 copies were realised. [3376] Provenance: Private Collection, Hesse (1996 acquired from the artist) Exhibition: George Rickey. Kinetic Sculpture on Clydeside. Glasgow, Scottish Sculpture Trust, 1982 / George Rickey. Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1982 / George Rickey. New Orleans Plus 30. New Orleans, Newcomb College Art Gallery, Tulane University, 1983 / Chicago Art Fair. Chicago, 1989 We would like to thank Achim Pahle, Saalow, and Maria Lizzi, George Rickey Foundation, East Chatham, for kindly providing additional information