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    Artwork Survey: 1990s

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    • P.H. Robinson Generating Station, Dickinson, TX: Eight Ibis Feeding with an Egret
      1991
      Oil on canvas
      16 × 108 inches
      Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum purchase with funds provided by Houston Lighting and Power Supply

      Photo: Zindman/Fremont

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • U.S. Scrap Metal Gets Shipped for Reprocessing in Southeast Asia, Jersey City
      1994
      Oil on canvas
      16 × 120 1/4 inches
      Private Collection, New York

      Photo: Affordable Photo

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • At the Confluence of Two Ditches Bordering a Field with Four Radio Towers
      1995
      Oil on canvas
      46 × 48 inches
      Private Collection

      Photo: Benjamin Dimmitt

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center—Winter Sun
      1998
      Oil on canvas
      24 1/8 × 56 1/8 inches

      Photo: Nicholas Walster

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • Chinati, East Concrete Building Interior
      1998
      Oil on canvas
      27 × 45 1/4 inches
      Collection of I.B. Wilson, Houston

      Photo: Nicholas Walster

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • The Arena, Chinati, 9 A.M., Looking North
      1999
      Oil on canvas
      30 1/8 × 48 1/4 inches
      Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Wilson

      Photo: Nicholas Walster

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • 4 Spots along a Razor-Wire Fence, August–November (ASPOTSPRIE)
      part 1 of a 4-part painting
      1999
      Oil on canvas
      22 1/2 × 26 inches
      Collection of Susan Ainsworth

      Photo: Nicholas Walster

      © Rackstraw Downes

    • 4 Spots along a Razor-Wire Fence, August–November (ASPOTSPRIE)
      part 3 of a 4-part painting
      1999
      Oil on canvas
      19 1/2 × 26 3/8 inches
      Collection of Susan Ainsworth

      Photo: Nicholas Walster

      © Rackstraw Downes

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