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Personal and Professional Correspondence
ca. 1962-1985, predominant 1970-1977
Sub-series 2
Sub-series documents the personal and professional life of Gordon Matta-Clark through correspondence, legal documents, photographs, receipts and notes dating from ca. 1962 to 1985, although predominantly from 1970 to 1977. Copies of letters sent by Matta-Clark are included, as well as letters he received.
Sub-series contains ring binders and files.
Documents in ring binders are organized chronologically for the most part.
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File includes bills for real estate taxes, addressed to Gordon Matta-Clark and Manfred Hecht, and a letter. File contains textual records.
1 file(s)
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture /
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
© Succession Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Objects that have been catalogued:
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark's personal and professional correspondence predominantly from the early 1970s, the time in which he became an active artist/architect in New York City, New York. Documents related to the following projects are included: Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); Conical Intersect (1975); Corner Decomposition Piece (1972); Fake Estates (1973); Food (1971); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Photoglyphs (1973); Pipes (1971); Contrabienal (1971); Subway Graffiti (1973); Threshole (1973); Tree Dance (1971); and Wallspaper (1972). Binder contains a drawing, photographs and textual records. (Material divided in 2 binders: binder 1/2 contains objects PHCON2002:0016:002:001 to PHCON2002:0016:002:050; binder 2/2 contains PHCON2002:0016:002:051 to PHCON2002:0016:002:103.)
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder (closed): 31.7 x 34 x 9 cm (12 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Binding consists of green plastic-covered boards and spine, with a typed label attached to the spine in a clear plastic sleeve. Endleaves are of white paper. Objects within binder are housed in plastic sleeves and separated by white tabbed dividers.
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture /
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
© Succession Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Objects that have been catalogued:
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark's personal and professional correspondence predominantly from 1975, a period when he was actively involved in many cut building projects. Documents related to the following realized and unrealized projects are included: Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973), Column Drop (undated); Conical Intersect (1975); Day's End (1975), Doors on all 4's (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); and Splitting (1974). Documentation on projects by other artists, including Matta-Clark's brother John Sebastian Matta, are also included. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder (closed): 31.7 x 34 x 9 cm (12 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Binding consists of green plastic-covered boards and spine, with a typed label attached to the spine in a clear plastic sleeve. Endleaves are of white paper. Objects within binder are housed in plastic sleeves and separated by white tabbed dividers.
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture /
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
© Succession Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Objects that have been catalogued:
![Letter from Gordon Matta-Clark to Douglass [sic] Christmas [sic]](/img-collection/7tg72RlHRtDNj6wM9M8G3aFzNOc=/700x906/385501.jpg)
![Letter from Gordon Matta-Clark to Paolo Minetti and Clautilda [Minetti]](/img-collection/4ZwkzJ4ZWqpo6rAuX7h9JuAtojM=/700x899/385607.jpg)
![Letter from Gordon Matta-Clark to Fred [probably Fredericka Hunter] and Ian Glennie](/img-collection/LuoR5jHwTRu-ZglpyuebiqNgXow=/700x941/385705.jpg)
![Letter from Gordon Matta-Clark to Jerry [Jerald Ordover ?]](/img-collection/0i17VIgB5ed9URhgc23MEPU_pQI=/700x982/385741.jpg)
![Letter from Gordon Matta-Clark to Jerry [Jerald Ordover]](/img-collection/nV6S2NHviLKkJQuwXugd9mEdcWI=/700x907/385736.jpg)
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark' personal and professional correspondence predominantly from 1976 and 1977, a period when he began to have professional success as an artist. It includes correspondence regarding the sale of works of art as well as the following projects: The Caribbean Orange (1978), Jacob's Ladder (1977), Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); and Substrait (1976). Correspondence related to unnamed and unrealized projects in California, Missouri, Texas, Massachusetts, and Paris, France are also included. The subject of the other correspondence includes letters to and from grant agencies, including the Guggenheim Foundation, letters inviting Matta-Clark to participate in exhibitions, as well as his research on helium balloons. Legal documents such as tax returns and a copy of the sales agreement for the purchase of a building on 20th St. in New York City, New York are also found in the binder. Binder contains drawings and textual records.
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder (closed): 31.7 x 34 x 9 cm (12 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Binding consists of green plastic-covered boards and spine, with a typed label attached to the spine in a clear plastic sleeve. Endleaves are of white paper. Objects within binder are housed in plastic sleeves and separated by white tabbed dividers.
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture /
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
© Succession Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Objects that have been catalogued:
