Gordon Matta-Clark

Conical Intersect 6 (Documentation of the action "Conical Intersect" made in 1975 in Paris, France)
1975, printed 1977

A black and white photograph showing a city street with a partially demolished building on the right, featuring a large circular hole through its remaining facade. Scaffolding structures are visible on the left side of the building. In the foreground, pedestrians walk along the sidewalk, and various signs, including one for a demolition company, are seen amidst the rubble.
A black and white photograph showing a city street with a partially demolished building on the right, featuring a large circular hole through its remaining facade. Scaffolding structures are visible on the left side of the building. In the foreground, pedestrians walk along the sidewalk, and various signs, including one for a demolition company, are seen amidst the rubble.

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Date
1975, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 1/8in. (17.5 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
2017.131

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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