Item Information
Title: Interview with Rackstraw Downes
Date: 1996 December 12
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette (microcassette) ; 58 min., 37 sec.
Description: Recording has hum. Portions of speech are muffled. Hayden Herrera interviews Rackstraw Downes. Discussion topics center on Downes's paintings, their subject matter, landscapes, cityscapes, curvature, perspective, lighting, Downes's inspirations, and his method of painting. Herrera states the recording date as December 1986 but a painting discussed, At the Confluence of Two Ditches Bordering a Field with Four Radio Towers, was painted in 1995.
Creator: Downes, Rackstraw, 1939-
Forms part of: Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006, bulk 1984-1997
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Rackstraw Downes and Hayden Herrera. Interview with Rackstraw Downes, 1996 December 12. Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 25100