RACKSTRAW DOWNES
Chinati, West Concrete Building Interior * Chinati, East Concrete Building Interior.

Pair of pencil drawings on tan wove paper, 1998. Each 153x230 mm; 6x9 inches. Each titled, dated, dedicated, and signed in pencil, verso, and West initialed in pencil, lower right recto.

Provenance: Gift from the artist to current owner, private collection, New York.

Downes (born 1939) visited the Chinati Foundation in Marfa Texas during the construction on the grounds in 1998. Drawing from direct observation in the spartan environment, Downes was able to focus purely on form and shape. Downes continues to return to West Texas, now dividing his time between New York and Presidio County.

 

Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000