Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical Intersect 1 (Documentation of the action "Conical Intersect" made in 1975 in Paris, France)
1975, printed 1977

A black and white photograph showing a dilapidated spiral staircase with multiple levels visible, featuring broken steps and missing sections, creating a sense of decay and abandonment.
A black and white photograph showing a dilapidated spiral staircase with multiple levels visible, featuring broken steps and missing sections, creating a sense of decay and abandonment.

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Date
1975, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 1/8 × 9 11/16in. (18.1 × 24.6 cm)

Accession number
2017.126

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

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artworks/43339

Gordon Matta-Clark
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