From Marfa to Presidio Via the Grid

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Artist Rackstraw Downes (American, born England, 1939)American, born England, 1939

CultureAmerican

Titles

From Marfa to Presidio Via the Grid

Date2003–2004

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 × 168 3/4 in. (34.3 × 428.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lannan Foundation

Object number2024.809.1-.5

Non exposé

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Bettie Cuningham Gallery, New York]; Lannan Foundation, Marfa; given to MFAH, 2024.

Exhibition History"Rackstraw Downes," New York: Betty Cuningham Gallery, September 23–October 30, 2004

Also note: "Rackstraw Downes: Drawing is Part of the Process," New York: New York Studio School, April 29–June 12, 2004, featured the working drawings for From Marfa to Presidio Via the Grid.

Published References Long, Jim, “To Look Like Seeing: Paintings by Rackstraw Downes 1999–2004,” Rackstraw Downes. New York: Betty Cuningham Gallery, 2004. Yang, Jeffrey, Hey, Marfa. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2018 [all the paintings are illustrated with related drawings throughout this book of poems]. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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