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• Fonds: Gordon Matta-Clark collection, 1914-2008
•    Series: Gordon Matta-Clark's Artwork, [between 1959 and 1978, predominant 1970-1978]
•      Project: Anarchitecture, [1974]

People

• Gordon Matta-Clark (creator)
• Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

Title

Anarchitecture

Dates of creation

[1974]

Level of archival description

File 8

Extent and Medium

• 33 photographs

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs made in 1974 as part of a collaborative research project on the nature of architecture.

File contains photographs.

Reference Number

CP138.S5.D8

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

• The documents in this file are on deposit at the CCA from the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, except for objects PHCON2003:0006:030 - PHCON2003:0006:036 and PHCON2003:0006:038, which were donated by the Estate to the CCA.

Related units of description

• Sketches and notes for Anarchitecture (PHCON2002:0016:024) can be found in Sub-series 1 of Series 4 (CP001.S4.SS1) of the Gordon Matta-Clark Collection.
• Photograph PH2002:0049, by Gordon Matta-Clark, in the CCA Photographs Collection, shows the World Trade Center and relates to Anarchitecture.

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:005
  • Title: Anarchitecture (photograph of Anarchitecture letters)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

  Description:

  The image shows the recto of the letter PHCON2002:0016:001:043R on the left, and the verso of the letter PHCON2002:0016:001:044V on the right.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

  Copyright:

  © Succession Gordon Matta-Clark / SODRAC (année utilisation)
  © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / SODRAC (year of use)
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:006
  • Title: Anarchitecture (wall with holes high up)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:007
  • Title: Anarchitecture (view of audience's feet under chairs)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:008
  • Title: Anarchitecture (train derailment)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40,6 x 50,7 cm

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:009
  • Title: Anarchitecture (trailer park after a tornado)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:010
  • Title: Anarchitecture (3 tombstones, small, medium, large)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:011
  • Title: Anarchitecture (3 tombstones: sm, med & lg)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:012
  • Title: Anarchitecture (pilings from a pier)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:013
  • Title: Anarchitecture (ice sculpture of a nude climbing a tree)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:014
  • Title: Anarchitecture (protection from the dead: fenced lights in graveyard)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Copyright:

  © 2015 Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:015
  • Title: Anarchitecture (towers: small, medium, large WTC)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:016
  • Title: Anarchitecture (underview of crane next to blg)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:017
  • Title: Anarchitecture (people examining old car)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Copyright:

  © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:018
  • Title: Anarchitecture (NYU buildings with handcut Japanese scene in cut)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Hand-coloured gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

  Copyright:

  © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark/SODRAC

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:019
  • Title: Untitled (Anarchitecture: 2 piles of rebars)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Suzanne Harris (photographer)
  • Gordon Matta-Clark (collector)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:020
  • Title: Anarchitecture (abstract with brown splotch)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:021
  • Title: Anarchitecture (hole in wall)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Suzanne Harris (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:022
  • Title: Anarchitecture (variation, hole in wall showing brick & plaster)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Suzanne Harris (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:023
  • Title: Anarchitecture (second variation, hole in wall showing brick & plaster)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Suzanne Harris (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:024
  • Title: Anarchitecture (pregnant nude: Rachel Lew)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Suzanne Harris (photographer)
  • Rachel Lew (sitter)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:025
  • Title: Anarchitecture (NYC - above)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:026
  • Title: Anarchitecture (house on barge - with dark room glitch)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:027
  • Title: Anarchitecture ("Make not Bake")
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print and black felt-tip pen

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Physical Description:

  Photograph is torn in centre and pasted on board.

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:028
  • Title: Anarchitecture (house on barge)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal/Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Copyright:

  © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:029
  • Title: Anarchitecture ("Unsafe Even When Parked?" collapsed garage)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession de Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montréal /
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:030
  • Title: Anarchitecture (tanker sinking)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:031
  • Title: Anarchitecture (moldings, arch details in a field)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

  Copyright:

  © 2015 Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:032
  • Title: Anarchitecture (hole in wall showing brick & plaster)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:033
  • Title: Anarchitecture (homeless man's house)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  comp.: 40,4 x 50,6 cm

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:034
  • Title: Anarchitecture (apartment sprinkler system from above)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:035
  • Title: Anarchitecture (lock by a brick wall)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:036
  • Title: Anarchitecture (towers: sm, med & lg )
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
  Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
  
  

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  • Reference Number: PHCON2003:0006:038
  • Title: Anarchitecture (towers: sm, med & lg WTC)
  • Dates of creation: 1974
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  Credit line:

  Succession Gordon Matta-Clark en dépôt au Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark on deposit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture