MOMA Proposal

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MOMA Proposal

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People

Gordon Matta-Clark (creator)
Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

Title

MOMA Proposal

Dates of creation

[1978]

Level of archival description

File 1

Extent and Medium

1 drawing
1 sketchbook

Scope and Content

File consists of drawings made in 1978 for a proposed building cut at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, New York. It includes preliminary sketches and more complete drawings drawn to be overlaid on an architectural drawing of the existing MoMA facade.

File includes drawings.

Reference Number

CP138.S5.D1

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- Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:039
- Title: MoMA Drawings
- Dates of creation: 1978
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 6
People:
- Gordon Matta-Clark (draughtsman)
Description:

Series of drawings from a sketchpad document design proposals for an alteration of the façade of the Museum of Modern Art.

Quantity / Object type:

1 sketchbook(s)

Dimensions:

sketchbook (closed): 30.7 x 22.8 x 0.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 x 1/8 in.)

Physical Description:

- Cover consists of brown paper attached to a cardboard backing with a black tape binding. All pages containing drawings have been removed from sketchbook, although several blank pages of tracing paper remaing attached.

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:

© Succession Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark

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- - PHCON2002:0016:039:002
  - Drawing for "MoMA Proposal"
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- - PHCON2002:0016:039:028
  - Drawing for "MoMA Proposal"
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- - PHCON2002:0016:039:029
  - Drawing for "MoMA Proposal"
  - Form: drawings
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- - PHCON2002:0016:039:032
  - Drawing for "MoMA Proposal"
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- - PHCON2002:0016:039:040
  - Drawing for "MoMA Proposal"
  - Form: drawings
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- - PHCON2002:0016:039:047
  - Drawing for "MoMA Proposal"
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- Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:068
- Title: Architectural Drawing of MoMA showing Phillip Johnson Building
- Dates of creation: 1978
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)
Quantity / Object type:

1 drawing(s)

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 30,5 × 45,7 cm (12 × 18 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:

© Succession Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark