Ventilation Tower under Renovation #1, Bermuda High

Price realised USD 8,750

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USD 15,000 – USD 25,000

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RACKSTRAW DOWNES (b. 1939)

Ventilation Tower under Renovation #1, Bermuda High

Price realised USD 8,750

Closed: 18 May 2021

Price realised USD 8,750

Closed: 18 May 2021

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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.

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.

depicts the Holland Tunnel Ventilation Building, looking toward the Hudson River from the West Side Highway in New York City.

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