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    • 110th and Broadway, Whelan’s from Sloan’s
      1980–81
      Oil on canvas
      21 1/4 × 38 1/8 inches
      Collection of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of David and Gerry Pincus

      Photo: Will Brown

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • The View North from Washington Bridge on the Harlem River
      1983
      Oil on canvas
      12 × 39 inches
      Collection of Ellen Langner Herzfeld, New York

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • Demolition and Excavation on the Site of the Equitable Life Assurance Society’s New Tower at 7th Avenue and 52nd Street
      1983
      Oil on canvas
      32 × 36 inches
      Collection AXA Equitable, New York

      Photo: Zindman/Fremont

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • Ventilation Tower with Estivating Snow Plows
      1988
      Oil on canvas
      38 1/4 × 50 1/4 inches
      Collection of Arthur Goldstein, Upper Saddle River, N.J.

      Photo: Zindman/Fremont

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • The Mouth of the Passagassawakeag at Belfast, ME, Seen from the Frozen Foods Plant
      1989
      Oil on two-part canvas
      36 3/8 × 84 1/4 inches
      Private Collection

      Photo: Ani Rivera

      © Rackstraw Downes

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