Rackstraw Downes
Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center—At Night

Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center—At Night

© Rackstraw Downes / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center—At Night
Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center—At Night
ArtistAmerican, born England, 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center—At Night
Date1997
Made inUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 56 1/4 in. (61 × 142.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Ainsworth
Object number2002.3526
Not on view

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ProvenanceBequeathed to MFAH, 2002.

Exhibition History“Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005. [No catalogue].

"Against the Current: 20th Century Representational Art in the Collection of the MFAH," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 7, 2006–September 2, 2007. [No catalogue].


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Painted lower right recto: "RD"
Back label: "ROBERT MILLER GALLERY..."

Paper label on verso upper center: "RACKSTRAW DOWNES Untenanted Space in the World / Trade Center - At Night 1998"

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