Bird's Eye View of the New York Convention Center under Construction, 1982

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 29.5 x 111.8 cm (11 5/8 x 44 in.)

framed: 32.1 x 114.5 x 4.4 cm (12 5/8 x 45 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1994.59.5

Artists / Makers

Rackstraw Downes (painter) American, born England, 1939

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Inscription

across upper right reverse: RACKSTRAW DOWNES Bird's Eye View of the New York Convention Centre Under Construction, November 1982 / o/c 11 1/2 x 44 inches

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1994 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1984: Rackstraw Downes, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, 1984, no. 9.

2015: A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters, The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, 2015, no catalogue.