Rackstraw Downes — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works92

Museum Acquisitions

17 Institutions

Whitney

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Previous Sales 14

Sotheby's

Study for the Tennis Courts in Riverside Park at 119th Street, 1978

$25,000

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

Ventilation Tower Under restoration, #4 Smog and Haze , 1998

$11,000

Sep 2023

Christie's

Ventilation Tower under Renovation #1, Bermuda High, 1997

Christie's

Christie's

In the High Island Oil Field; Afternoon, Late March, 1988

$76,375

Dec 2000

Wright

Gene Littlefield's Shorn Sheep

$22,860

Jan 1970

Christie's

Old Limerock Quarry at Rockland, Maine, in Use as the Town Dump and Transfer Station, 1989

$40,640

Apr 2026

Sotheby's

Oronzio Maldarelli Cottage, Skowhegan, 1975

$44,100

Mar 2022

Sotheby's

S-Bend in an Elevated Section of the New Jersey Turnpike, 1996

$69,300

Sep 2021

Swann Auction Galleries

Chinati, West Concrete Building Interior; Chinati, East Concrete Building Interior, 1998

Bought In

Nov 2023

Sotheby's: Contemporary Art Day Auction · Artsy

Approach to the Holland Tunnel with 75 Varick, 1989

Bidding closed

Oil on canvas

National Academy of Design Benefit Auction · Artsy

In the Artist's Studio XII, 2020

Bidding closed

Graphite on cream paper with blue threads

Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy

Gene Littlefield's Shorn Sheep, 1973

Bidding closed

Oil on canvas

Drawing Center Benefit Auction · Artsy

Smith Street Station and new drawbridge over Gowanus Canal, 1999

Bidding closed

Graphite on tan paper

For Sale 5

Richard Levy Gallery · Artsy

Riverside Drive with the Gates of Columbia, 1979

US$8,200

Pencil on paper

Michel Soskine Inc. · Artsy

Approach to the Holland Tunnel with 75 varich (Sketch). , 1988

Price on request

Huile sur toile contrecollée sur carton

Michel Soskine Inc. · Artsy

In the island oil field, sketch n°2. , 1988

Price on request

Huile sur toile maroufleģe sur panneau

Michel Soskine Inc. · Artsy

Riverside church

Price on request

Crayon

The Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects · Artsy

Sand Hills with Cell Tower, Presidio, TX, A.M., 2010

For sale

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Market60 auction results

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$8.8K – $76.4K

6 of 6 paintings lots with prices

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$33.1K

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$36.3K

6 priced paintings lots

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Apr 2026 · $40.6K

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Barridoff GalleriesSotheby'sChristie'sPhillips de Pury & CompanyDoyle New York

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Galleries1

#1,132 Betty Cuningham Gallery

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Prizes & Awards1

MacArthur Fellowship

Winner Year unknown

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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News1

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Rago and Wright: Post War & Contemporary Art

Artsy is hosting a live auction titled 'Rago and Wright: Post War & Contemporary Art,' which closed on January 28, 2026. The sale features 78 lots of …

marketJan 28, 2026

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Past Exhibitions6

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