Untitled [verso]

1994

Rackstraw Downes

Associated Names
Rackstraw Downes

Artist, American, born England, 1939

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.2 x 15.3 cm (4 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 10.2 x 136 cm (4 x 53 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.6.262.b

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Associated Artworks

The image shows a riverside scene from a sideways perspective, depicting both banks of the waterway. The horizon line is low, spanning the width of the image with vague outlines of structures and trees. The sketch uses soft, loose pencil strokes to suggest forms and depth. The color palette is limited to shades of grey in a black and white medium. Closest to us, undulating lines represent the river banks, with boats and structures depicted with darker, defined strokes. Further away, outlines of buildings and trees gradually fade, blending into the light sky, emphasizing the panoramic view.

Study for "U.S. Scrap Metal Gets Shipped for Reprocessing in Southeast Asia, Jersey City" [recto]

Rackstraw Downes

1994

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters, The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, 2015, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: RD 94

Wikidata ID

Q64619740

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