Gordon Matta-Clark

Splitting 7 (Documentation of the action "Splitting" made in 1974 in New Jersey, United States)
1974, printed 1977

Black and white photograph of a construction site viewed from above, showing an open trench with wooden supports and construction debris scattered around. A concrete structure is visible within the trench, and the surrounding area appears to be a residential zone with a fence and vegetation in the background.
Black and white photograph of a construction site viewed from above, showing an open trench with wooden supports and construction debris scattered around. A concrete structure is visible within the trench, and the surrounding area appears to be a residential zone with a fence and vegetation in the background.

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Date
1974, printed 1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 11/16 × 7in. (24.6 × 17.8 cm)

Accession number
2017.152

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/43348

Gordon Matta-Clark
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