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Quadrilateral Theme II
Quadrilateral Theme II

Quadrilateral Theme II

Artist George Rickey American, 1907–2002
Date1976
MediumStainless steel and lead
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth (at resting position): 26 × 27 × 2 1/2 in. (66 × 68.6 × 6.4 cm)
height, width, and depth (maximum): 37 × 37 × 2 1/2 in. (94 × 94 × 6.4 cm)
height, width, and depth (base): 10 3/4 × 15 × 2 1/2 in. (27.3 × 38.1 × 6.4 cm)
height, width, and depth (long arm): 33 × 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (83.8 × 1.6 × 4.1 cm)
height, width, and depth (short arm): 23 × 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (58.4 × 1.3 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mary and Jim Patton
Object number2025.8.8a-c
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 1976; James R. Patton, Jr., 1977 [John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco]; Bequeathed to James Macon Patton and Lindsay Patton Kull, 2020; Given to NCMA, 2025. Object Rights Statement

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