Lot 19
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Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939)
Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939)
Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939)
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Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason
RACKSTRAW DOWNES (b. 1939)

Ventilation Tower under Renovation #1, Bermuda High

Details
RACKSTRAW DOWNES (b. 1939)
Ventilation Tower under Renovation #1, Bermuda High
signed 'RACKSTRAW DOWNES,' dated '1997' and inscribed with title (on a label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
11 3⁄4 x 23 1⁄4 in. (29.8 x 59.1 cm.)
Painted in 1997.
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners

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Lot Essay

The present work hung in Wolf Kahn’s studio in Vermont. When asked in 2000 who else he rated as a landscape painter these days, Kahn started his list with his friend Rackstraw Downes.

Ventilation Tower under Renovation #1, Bermuda High depicts the Holland Tunnel Ventilation Building, looking toward the Hudson River from the West Side Highway in New York City.

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