Gordon Matta-Clark

Tenements (Documentation of the action "Bronx Floors" made in 1972-1973 in the Bronx, New York, United States)
1972–1973, printed 1977

A black and white photograph of a dilapidated room with a large hole in the wooden floor, revealing a dark space beneath. Debris is scattered across the floor, and part of a brick wall is exposed on the left side. A window with a view of a neighboring building is visible on the right. The overall condition suggests abandonment and decay.
A black and white photograph of a dilapidated room with a large hole in the wooden floor, revealing a dark space beneath. Debris is scattered across the floor, and part of a brick wall is exposed on the left side. A window with a view of a neighboring building is visible on the right. The overall condition suggests abandonment and decay.

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Date
1972–1973, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 1/4 × 7 1/4in. (23.5 × 18.4 cm)

Accession number
2017.155

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/43335

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