TitleNew Stuyvesant High School under Construction
Artist
Rackstraw Downes
(British/American, b. 1939)
Date1991
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 27 × 48 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "RD".
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, November 13, 1996
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1996.31
Label TextOften panoramic in scope, Downes's paintings are investigations into the landscape and the structures contained within it. In this painting, Downes depicts the structural skeleton of the new building of Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan, which opened in 1992.1864