textual records
PHCON2002:0016:004:039
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Gordon Matta-Clark's U.S. Individual Income Tax Return for 1976; Table Top Realty Corp.'s U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return; Gain on Sale of Building; Matta-Clark's U.S. Information Return for Distributions in Liquidation During Calendar Year for 1977; and Gordon-Matta Clark's Statement for 1977 of Miscellaneous Income from Holly Solomon Gallery Inc.
1976-1977
Tax returns and miscellaneous tax records
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PHCON2002:0016:004:039
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Gordon Matta-Clark's U.S. Individual Income Tax Return for 1976; Table Top Realty Corp.'s U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return; Gain on Sale of Building; Matta-Clark's U.S. Information Return for Distributions in Liquidation During Calendar Year for 1977; and Gordon-Matta Clark's Statement for 1977 of Miscellaneous Income from Holly Solomon Gallery Inc.
textual records
1976-1977
journals and magazines
New York
PH2008:0037:016
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Article by Karen Rosenberg titled "Disappearing Act: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark's Lost Public Art..." is found on pp. 72-73.
19 February 2007
New York
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PH2008:0037:016
Description:
Article by Karen Rosenberg titled "Disappearing Act: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark's Lost Public Art..." is found on pp. 72-73.
journals and magazines
19 February 2007
Writings
PHCON2002:0016:001
Description:
Binder contains writings by Gordon Matta-Clark that take the form of letters; short texts about his projects; cards of various sizes that have short phrases about life, art, or politics; the transcription of interviews; and some drawings, either on separate sheets or drawn on the same pages as texts. Binder contains cards, drawings and textual records.
1970-1978
Writings
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PHCON2002:0016:001
Description:
Binder contains writings by Gordon Matta-Clark that take the form of letters; short texts about his projects; cards of various sizes that have short phrases about life, art, or politics; the transcription of interviews; and some drawings, either on separate sheets or drawn on the same pages as texts. Binder contains cards, drawings and textual records.
1970-1978
Letters 1976-77
PHCON2002:0016:004
Description:
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.
after 1974-1978
Letters 1976-77
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PHCON2002:0016:004
Description:
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.
after 1974-1978
drawings
PHCON2002:0016:001:060
Description:
The text was published in "Artpark: Program in the Visual Arts" (p. 29) and describes Matta-Clark's project Bingo (1974) and the dumping of its debris at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. Rae Tyson, Visual Arts Coordinator at Artpark, asked for such a text in a letter sent to Matta-Clark on 1 May 1975 (PHCON2002:0016:003:070), and Matta-Clark apparently sent such a text on 31 July 1975 (PHCON2002:0016:003:113).
July 1975
Text for the publication "Artpark: Program in the Visual Arts"
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PHCON2002:0016:001:060
Description:
The text was published in "Artpark: Program in the Visual Arts" (p. 29) and describes Matta-Clark's project Bingo (1974) and the dumping of its debris at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. Rae Tyson, Visual Arts Coordinator at Artpark, asked for such a text in a letter sent to Matta-Clark on 1 May 1975 (PHCON2002:0016:003:070), and Matta-Clark apparently sent such a text on 31 July 1975 (PHCON2002:0016:003:113).
drawings
July 1975
books
PH2006:0259
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Title page is inscribed to Gordon Matta-Clark and Jane Crawford by an unknown person and "Tony". A photograph of five people sitting on a pillow sculpture [?] is also glued to the title page. Underlining in pink on pages 123 and 280.
published 1964
Black Eros: The sexual customs of Africa from prehistoric times to the present day
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PH2006:0259
Description:
Title page is inscribed to Gordon Matta-Clark and Jane Crawford by an unknown person and "Tony". A photograph of five people sitting on a pillow sculpture [?] is also glued to the title page. Underlining in pink on pages 123 and 280.
books
published 1964
Splitting
PHCON2002:0016:088:001
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Reprint made by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark from Matta-Clark negatives. Original photograph in the collection of SFMoMA.
1974, printed 2001 ?
Splitting
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PHCON2002:0016:088:001
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Reprint made by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark from Matta-Clark negatives. Original photograph in the collection of SFMoMA.
drawings
PHCON2002:0016:023
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Sketchbook documents the process of development for Gordon Matta-Clark's the Caribbean Orange (1977); Office Baroque (1977); and Untitled Cutting (1978) for a building on West 54th Street owned by Alanna Heiss. Sketchbook contains drawings.
1977-1978
Sketchbook with drawings for the Caribbean Orange, Office Baroque, and Alanna Heiss's West 54th Street Building
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PHCON2002:0016:023
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Sketchbook documents the process of development for Gordon Matta-Clark's the Caribbean Orange (1977); Office Baroque (1977); and Untitled Cutting (1978) for a building on West 54th Street owned by Alanna Heiss. Sketchbook contains drawings.
drawings
1977-1978
PH2007:0005
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DVD made from an original film documents the performance by Gordon Matta-Clark and others using his Fresh Air Cart which brought fresh air in tanks to New Yorkers. The performance was presented twice: first on Wall Street in Manhattan on September 8, 1972 and a second time on September 15, 1972 on 42nd Street near Grand Central Station, also in Manhattan.
recorded 1972, transferred 15 April 2006
DVD copy of "Breathe Deep NYC No Charge" (1980) film by Richard P. Rubenstein
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PH2007:0005
Description:
DVD made from an original film documents the performance by Gordon Matta-Clark and others using his Fresh Air Cart which brought fresh air in tanks to New Yorkers. The performance was presented twice: first on Wall Street in Manhattan on September 8, 1972 and a second time on September 15, 1972 on 42nd Street near Grand Central Station, also in Manhattan.
recorded 1972, transferred 15 April 2006
Sub-series
CP138.S2.SS1
Description:
Sub-series consists primarily of correspondence between Anne Alpert and her family, friends, husbands and lovers (Roberto Matta, Isamu Noguchi, Hollis Alpert, and James Astor), and children Gordon Matta-Clark and John Sebastian Matta. In some instances, both the letters that she sent as well as the letters she received are preserved; in particular, both sides of the correspondence with Isamu Noguchi have been reunited and reassembled. The material dates from 1914 to 1997. Sub-series contains ring binders and textual records, including newspaper and magazine clippings and memorabilia.
1914-1997
Anne Alpert's Textual Records
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CP138.S2.SS1
Description:
Sub-series consists primarily of correspondence between Anne Alpert and her family, friends, husbands and lovers (Roberto Matta, Isamu Noguchi, Hollis Alpert, and James Astor), and children Gordon Matta-Clark and John Sebastian Matta. In some instances, both the letters that she sent as well as the letters she received are preserved; in particular, both sides of the correspondence with Isamu Noguchi have been reunited and reassembled. The material dates from 1914 to 1997. Sub-series contains ring binders and textual records, including newspaper and magazine clippings and memorabilia.
Sub-series 1
1914-1997