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Water-Flow Monitoring Installations on the Rio Grande Near Presidio, TX

2002 - 2003

Rackstraw Downes

Associated Names

Rackstraw Downes

Artist, American, born England, 1939

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On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery E106

Artwork overview

Medium

oil on canvas
Credit Line

Gift of Lannan Foundation
Dimensions

image: 72.39 × 106.68 cm (28 1/2 × 42 in.)
Accession Number

2024.94.29

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; acquired 9 February 2005 through (Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York) by Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM; gift 2024 to NGA.

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Exhibition History

2004

Rackstraw Downes, Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York, 2004, unnumbered catalogue, as one of an ensemble of five paintings titled Water-Flow Monitoring Installations on the Rio Rande Near Presidio, TX, subtitled Part 1) FACING SOUTH, THE GAUGE SHELTER, 1:30PM.

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