Gordon Matta-Clark

Splitting 2 (Documentation of the action "Splitting" made in 1974 in New Jersey, United States)
1974, printed 1977

A black and white photograph of a two-story house with white siding and a brick foundation. The house appears aged, with a few windows visible, one of which is open. There's a chimney on the roof, and electrical lines are connected to the side of the house. Vegetation is partially visible around the base of the house.
A black and white photograph of a two-story house with white siding and a brick foundation. The house appears aged, with a few windows visible, one of which is open. There's a chimney on the roof, and electrical lines are connected to the side of the house. Vegetation is partially visible around the base of the house.

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Date
1974, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 11 1/16in. (20.3 × 28.1 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 11 11/16in. (19.4 × 29.7 cm)

Accession number
2017.147

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/43344

Gordon Matta-Clark
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