Rackstraw Downes
Autumn Weeds Round a Toxic Site

Autumn Weeds Round a Toxic Site

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Autumn Weeds Round a Toxic Site
Autumn Weeds Round a Toxic Site
ArtistAmerican, born England, 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Autumn Weeds Round a Toxic Site
Date1995
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions12 × 32 in. (30.5 × 81.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Ainsworth
Object number2002.3525
Not on view

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Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam E. and Susan Ainsworth; bequeathed to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in paint, lower right recto: "RD"
Exhibition label on verso from Marlborough Gallery

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