Gordon Matta-Clark

Atrium Roof 1 (Documentation of the action "Atrium Roof" made in 1973 in Genoa, Italy)
1973, printed 1977

A black and white photo depicting a construction scene with a crane lifting a large block or material over a partially constructed building. In the foreground, there's a small house with a tiled roof, and behind it, construction workers can be seen near the crane and the building under construction. A car is parked beside the house, and a hill with power lines is visible in the background.
A black and white photo depicting a construction scene with a crane lifting a large block or material over a partially constructed building. In the foreground, there's a small house with a tiled roof, and behind it, construction workers can be seen near the crane and the building under construction. A car is parked beside the house, and a hill with power lines is visible in the background.

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Date
1973, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16in. (20.6 × 25.6 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16in. (20.6 × 25.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.112

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Harold Berg

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/43323

Gordon Matta-Clark
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