George Rickey
American · 1907–2002 · Sculptor
George Warren Rickey was an American kinetic sculptor known for geometric abstractions, often large-scale, engineered to move in response to air currents. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Triple N Gyratory IIGrisebach · €475,000≈ $507,870≈ £404,677Sign up to see
Six Squares ExcentricGrisebach · €244,000≈ $302,633≈ £195,172Sign up to see
One Up One DownGrisebach · €207,400≈ $295,856≈ £179,786Sign up to see
George Rickey’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 2 | 100% | $10.8kSign up | $10.8kSign up | $20kSign up |
| Acrylic | 2 | 2 | 100% | $10.8kSign up | $10.8kSign up | $20kSign up |
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $414Sign up | $462Sign up | $480Sign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $390Sign up | $390Sign up | $480Sign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up |
| Sculpture | 118 | 108 | 92% | $64.4kSign up | $37.2kSign up | $508kSign up |
| Other | 4 | 4 | 100% | $14.1kSign up | $14.9kSign up | $26kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 5 | $35.8kSign up |
| 2025 | 12 | 10 | $15.8kSign up |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $41.3kSign up |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | $21.8kSign up |
| 2022 | 12 | 10 | $37.6kSign up |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | $68.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 | $36.4kSign up |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | $48.4kSign up |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | $27.5kSign up |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | $56.6kSign up |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | $41.9kSign up |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | $33.1kSign up |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | $49.5kSign up |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | $35.4kSign up |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | $44.7kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $22.9kSign up |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | $13.8kSign up |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | $7.2kSign up |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | $16.1kSign up |