- Rackstraw Downes (American, b. 1939)
Kennebec River Bend at Skowhegan, 1975
Inscribed and signed “To Jonnie, love from Rackstraw” l.r., with a letter
from the artist and with an exhibition label from the Portland Museum of
Art, both affixed to the frame backing paper.
Oil on board, sight size 9 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (24.5 x 47.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Mild surface grime.
Provenance: From the artist to Joan Cummings Franzen, to the
Franzen Cummings Estate, to a private Maine collection.
Exhibitions: Portland Museum of Art, Rackstraw Downes: Onsite
Painting 1974-2009, December 6, 2010–March 20, 2011.
N.B. A letter from Downes to Jonnie Cummings Franzen accompanies
the lot.
$20,000-30,000
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