PH1988:0357
1988
View of rock being prepared for splitting in limestone quarry, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Québec, Canada
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PH1988:0357
PH1988:0358
1988
View of rock being prepared for splitting in limestone quarry, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Québec, Canada
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PH1988:0358
textual records
PHCON2002:0016:004:010
Description:
Letter is accompanied with an invoice for "Splitting".
1976
Promotional letter from W.J. Arkenberg, Bookstore Coordinator, for La Mamelle and the Arts Center Bookstore
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PHCON2002:0016:004:010
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Letter is accompanied with an invoice for "Splitting".
textual records
1976
textual records
PHCON2002:0016:001:061
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Text describes Matta-Clark's projects A W-Hole House (1973), Splitting (1974), Bingo (1974) and the costs involved in executing them.
1975
Text for a publication describing building cuts
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PHCON2002:0016:001:061
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Text describes Matta-Clark's projects A W-Hole House (1973), Splitting (1974), Bingo (1974) and the costs involved in executing them.
textual records
1975
PHCON2002:0016:070
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Pulley represents half of Gordon Matta-Clark's block & tackle. It was used by Matta-Clark on almost all of his sculptures from Splitting (1974) through to Day's End (1975) and Office Baroque (1977).
before 1970s
Gordon Matta-Clark's Wooden Pulley
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PHCON2002:0016:070
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Pulley represents half of Gordon Matta-Clark's block & tackle. It was used by Matta-Clark on almost all of his sculptures from Splitting (1974) through to Day's End (1975) and Office Baroque (1977).
articles
Lexical Holes
20th century, A W-Hole House, Boston Road Floor Hole, Bronx Floors, Datum Cut, film, Frances Richard, Gordon Matta-Clark, photographie, photography, Quadrille, Rooftop Atrium, Splitting, Threshole, XXe siècle
12 December 2019
Letters 1975
PHCON2002:0016:003
Description:
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.
1971-1976
Letters 1975
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PHCON2002:0016:003
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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.
1971-1976
PHCON2002:0016:005
Description:
Binder consists of published documentation on the work of Gordon Matta-Clark from the period from 1971 to 1977. It includes exhibition catalogues, reviews of exhibitions, and published interviews; these include documentation on Alternatives to the Washington Square Art Fair (1973) ; Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); City Slivers (1976); Conical Intersect (1975); Contrabienal (1971); Day's End (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Jacks (1971); Jacob's Ladder (1977); Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); Open House (1972); Underground Paris (1977); Subway Graffiti (1973); Splitting (1974); Tree Dance (1971); and Walls Paper (1972). Photographs, both personal and those created for publicity, are contained in the binder, as well as correspondence and an example of a Certificate of Authenticity created to give to purchasers of his works. Also included are a series of different resumes written by Matta-Clark along with a more extensive posthumous curriculum vitae and a list of the books in his library. Binder contains photographs, slides and textual records.
1971-1977
Reviews, Announcements, Catalogues & Photos 1970-77
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PHCON2002:0016:005
Description:
Binder consists of published documentation on the work of Gordon Matta-Clark from the period from 1971 to 1977. It includes exhibition catalogues, reviews of exhibitions, and published interviews; these include documentation on Alternatives to the Washington Square Art Fair (1973) ; Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); City Slivers (1976); Conical Intersect (1975); Contrabienal (1971); Day's End (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Jacks (1971); Jacob's Ladder (1977); Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); Open House (1972); Underground Paris (1977); Subway Graffiti (1973); Splitting (1974); Tree Dance (1971); and Walls Paper (1972). Photographs, both personal and those created for publicity, are contained in the binder, as well as correspondence and an example of a Certificate of Authenticity created to give to purchasers of his works. Also included are a series of different resumes written by Matta-Clark along with a more extensive posthumous curriculum vitae and a list of the books in his library. Binder contains photographs, slides and textual records.
1971-1977
archives
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CP138
Synopsis:
The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
1914-2008
Gordon Matta-Clark collection
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CP138
Synopsis:
The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
archives
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Collection
1914-2008
books
Description:
32 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 x 29 cm
New York : Loft Press, ©1974.
Splitting / by Gordon Matta-Clark.
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32 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 x 29 cm
books
New York : Loft Press, ©1974.