Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical Intersect 3 (Documentation of the action "Conical Intersect" made in 1975 in Paris, France)
1975, printed 1977

A black and white photograph showing a view through a large, circular hole in a damaged building wall, overlooking a street scene with buildings, cars, and a bus. Debris and broken walls are visible in the foreground, indicating a scene of destruction or demolition.
A black and white photograph showing a view through a large, circular hole in a damaged building wall, overlooking a street scene with buildings, cars, and a bus. Debris and broken walls are visible in the foreground, indicating a scene of destruction or demolition.

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Date
1975, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 6 15/16in. (24.8 × 17.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.128

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/43326

Gordon Matta-Clark
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