Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical Intersect 5 (Documentation of the action "Conical Intersect" made in 1975 in Paris, France)
1975, printed 1977

A black and white photograph showing a partially collapsed multi-story building with exposed wooden beams and debris. Two individuals are visible amidst the destruction, one climbing through a gaping hole in the floor above, and another standing on a lower level looking upward. The scene conveys a sense of chaos and disrepair.
A black and white photograph showing a partially collapsed multi-story building with exposed wooden beams and debris. Two individuals are visible amidst the destruction, one climbing through a gaping hole in the floor above, and another standing on a lower level looking upward. The scene conveys a sense of chaos and disrepair.

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Date
1975, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 1/2in. (18.1 × 24.1 cm) Image: 6 × 8 9/16in. (15.2 × 21.7 cm)

Accession number
2017.130

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/43324

Gordon Matta-Clark
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