Gordon Matta-Clark

Splitting 8 (Documentation of the action "Splitting" made in 1974 in New Jersey, United States)
1974, printed 1977

A black and white photograph capturing a child looking up at a film strip that appears to be melting or deteriorating from the top, with the child holding a bottle that seems to be collecting the dripping material. The image has a surreal quality, blending reality with a sense of artistic distortion.
A black and white photograph capturing a child looking up at a film strip that appears to be melting or deteriorating from the top, with the child holding a bottle that seems to be collecting the dripping material. The image has a surreal quality, blending reality with a sense of artistic distortion.

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Date
1974, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 3/8in. (25.4 × 21.3 cm) Image: 7 3/4 × 5 3/8in. (19.7 × 13.7 cm)

Accession number
2017.153

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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Gordon Matta-Clark
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