Rackstraw Downes
P.H. Robinson Generating Station, Dickinson, Texas: Eight Ibis Feeding with an Egret

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

P.H. Robinson Generating Station, Dickinson, Texas: Eight Ibis Feeding with an Egret

Date1991

PlaceDickinson, Texas, United States

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions16 × 108 1/4 in. (40.6 × 275 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Houston Lighting & Power Company

Object number92.469

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist; [Texas Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition History"Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the '90s," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 19–November 21, 1993.

“Crossing State Lines: Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 2000–March 18, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Marked in pencil on paper tape adhered to frame verso: "RACKSTRAW DOWNES/ P.H. ROBINSON GENERATING STATION, DICKINSON TX., EIGHT IBIS FEEDING WITH AN EGRET. 1991. o/c 16 x 108"

Intialed in paint, lower right corner: "RD"

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