Gordon Matta-Clark

Circus 5 (Documentation of the action "Circus-Caribbean Orange" made in 1978 in Chicago, United States)
1978

A black and white photograph capturing a disorienting view of a spiral staircase from a high angle, with multiple levels visible and the central void creating a circular pattern.
A black and white photograph capturing a disorienting view of a spiral staircase from a high angle, with multiple levels visible and the central void creating a circular pattern.

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Date
1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10in. (20.4 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 13/16 × 9 3/4in. (17.3 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
2017.125

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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