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Dimensions: measurements maximum height: 220 in. 558.8 cm. base height: 104 in. 264.2 cm. length of each line: 60 in. 152.4 cm. alternate measurements maximum width: 200 in. 508 cm.

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Provenance: Galerie Schoeller, Düsseldorf
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1991

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Exhibited:

Katonah Museum of Art, George Rickey: Art of Movement , September - November 1991, cat. no. 9, n.p., illustrated (ed. 1/3 exhibited)
New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, George Rickey Sculptures from the Collection of Roland L. Hummel , October - November 2006 (ed. 1/3 exhibited)

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Notes: "In One Fixed Four Jointed Lines Biased, 1988 [the present work], Rickey has joined four moving parts and mounted them on a vertical support. Moving through parallel planes, the biased-cut lines spin, extend, and pleat at nature's whim and, in the interim, intersect to form geometric shapes. There is something comical in the acceleration of one line as it cantilevers out and cartwheels back and in the simultaneous deceleration of another. In this work, Rickey has playfully heightened the underlying paradox between freedom and connectedness in jointed structures. Through subtle alteration in proportion of weights and counter-weights, the artist varied each component's natural swing cycle, with the result that each line acquired unique character and apparent autonomy within the matrix of the structure. Like a composer's arrangement of polyphonic parts, Rickey has produced, in visual art, a richly orchestrated visual event." - Jill Snyder (Exh. Cat., Katonah Museum of Art, George Rickey: Art of Movement, n.p.)

Please visit the catalogue page on Sothebys.com to view a film of the present work in motion.