Gordon Matta-Clark

Jacob's Ladder 1 (Documentation of the action made in 1977 for Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany)
1977

A black and white photograph depicting a tall industrial chimney with a series of horizontal lines running across it, creating a ladder-like effect against the sky. The chimney is surrounded by trees and there is a chain-link fence in the foreground. The image has a vintage feel, possibly indicating it was taken several decades ago.
A black and white photograph depicting a tall industrial chimney with a series of horizontal lines running across it, creating a ladder-like effect against the sky. The chimney is surrounded by trees and there is a chain-link fence in the foreground. The image has a vintage feel, possibly indicating it was taken several decades ago.

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Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 9/16 × 6 3/4in. (24.3 × 17.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.136

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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