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

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Artist Rackstraw Downes American, 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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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

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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