Gordon Matta-Clark

Circus 3 (Documentation of the action "Circus-Caribbean Orange" made in 1978 in Chicago, United States)
1978

A black and white photograph showing a complex, abstract-looking staircase with multiple levels and fragmented sections, creating a disorienting perspective. The image captures the geometric shapes and the play of light and shadow within an architectural space.
A black and white photograph showing a complex, abstract-looking staircase with multiple levels and fragmented sections, creating a disorienting perspective. The image captures the geometric shapes and the play of light and shadow within an architectural space.

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Date
1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 × 9 7/8in. (17.8 × 25.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.123

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/43360

Gordon Matta-Clark
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