Anatomy of a Cube of Six Hinged Planes
1970
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lithograph
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of June Wayne
Accession Number
1974.99.123
Art Historical Context
George Rickey's *Anatomy of a Cube Six Hinged Planes*1970) is a captivating lithograph that invites visitors to explore the intricate engineering behind one of the artist's signature kinetic sculptures. As a pioneer of kinetic art—a mid-20th-century movement sculpture, mechanics, and natural forces like wind—Rickey created large-scale, geometric forms that gracefully pivot and rotate. This print, housed in the National Gallery of's Print department (CG-W), dissects the "cube" structure, revealing its hinged planes through precise lines and shading, almost like a blueprint come to life. Lithog...