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Artwork Survey: 1990s

Rackstraw Downes

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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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