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Notebooks and Sketchbooks
[1969-1978]
Sub-series 1
Sub-series consists of notebooks, pads of paper and sketchbooks, containing sketches, drawing and texts relating to the following projects: Anarchitecture (1974); Automation House (1972); A W-Hole House (1973); the Caribbean Orange (1978); Day's End (1975); Food (1971); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Garbage Wall (1970); Office Baroque (1977); Photo-Fry (1969); Tree Dance (1971); Untitled Cutting (1978) for Alanna Heiss's Twentieth Century Ruins; and studies for cut drawings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1969 and 1978.
Sub-series contains bound volumes of sketches and texts.
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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.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (closed): 21.5 x 14 x 1.7 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
- Black sketchbook of 126 pages
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:
Notebook consists of drawings and text related to Automation House (1972); Tree Dance (1971); A W-Hole House (1973); the proposal for Storm King Roof Plaza (undated); and Anarchitecture (1974); along with other architectural drawings. Composition book contains 31 pages of sketches/text in the front of the book plus 5 pages at the back.
1 notebook(s)
Ball-point pen and graphite on paper; some pages are truncated
book (closed): 24.4 x 19 x 1 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
- Green composition notebook of 60 unlined pages; two pages of notebook torn out and one page has a square torn out of the center (10th page) and the following page has the top, bottom, and side edges torn off. The first 24 pages have drawings/writing on the recto; the final 6 pages (except for the 5 from the end which has been removed) have drawings/writings on the verso.
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
Notebook consists of drawings for Garbage Wall (1970) and includes other drawings for other projects, many related to recycling and growth, along with rough drafts for letters (some in shorthand) and lists of names and telephone numbers of New York City, New York contacts. Composition book contains 90 pages of drawings/texts in the front of the book plus 3 pages with drawings/text at the back.
1 notebook(s)
Ball-point pen, marker, and graphite on lined paper
book (closed): 24.4 x 19 x 1 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
- Green composition notebook of 100 pages; last page has been torn out.
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:
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Notebook documents Tree Dance (1971); a text concerning the Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo (1971) and the project Contrabienal (1971); Boston Westside tenement project; Photo Fry (1969); and Cannibalism ideas. A hand drawn map of Boston, Massachusetts is included. Record book contains drawings on pages 3 to 89; pages 141 to 145 have a draft of a letter; page 181 has a map.
1 notebook(s)
Marker, graphite, ball-point pen, and stamped ink on line paper
book (closed): 24,4 × 16 × 1,2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 1/2 in.)
- Red and grey notebook of 182 pages with front and back flyleaves; pages 1-2, 51-52 127-128, and 181-182 have been removed; 17 and 18 are pasted together.
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:
Sketchbook documents various architectural proposals for 112 Greene Street building and for other unknown buildings. Sketchbook contains drawings.
1 sketchbook(s)
Marker, felt-tip pen and graphite on paper
book (closed): 27,9 x 21,9 x 2 cm pages (each page): 27,2 x 21,3 cm
- Black sketchbook of 150 pages; ten pages torn out 17-18, 55-56 (top only), 61-62, 69-70, 71-72, 83-84, 85-86.
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:
Sketchbook documents Day's End (1975). Sketchbook contains drawings.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (closed): 30 x 21 x 1.2 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
- Maroon sketchbook of 94 perforated pages with 10 pages removed. There are 69 pages of drawings.
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:
Notebook documents the scenes for the film Food (1971). Pages at the end of the notebook describe sound for the scenes. Composition book contains 18 pages with text at the beginning of the notebook and 12 pages at the end of the notebook also with text.
1 notebook(s)
book (closed): 24.4 x 19 x 0.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
- Green composition notebook of 50 pages; 9 sheets have been removed from the beginning of the notebook. Writing on the next 10 sheets and the 11th has been removed. 12 sheets written on at the end of composition book.
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:
Sketchbook documents Fresh Air Cart (1972) and includes other miscellaneous sketches for arrow drawings, and a draft of a letter to Alan Saret. Sketchbook contains pages of drawings and text.
1 sketchbook(s)
Marker, felt-tip pen, graphite and ball-point pen on paper; some pages are shaped with folds
sketchbook (closed): 28 × 22,6 × 1,9 cm
- Spiral bound sketchbook of 100 sheets; top half of first page has been torn off and only 63 sheets remain. 23 sheets written on at the beginning of the book; pages 24-30 have no writing on them; sheets 52, 53, 54 have been drawings using a fold as part of the design.
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:
Sketchbook consists of studies for cut drawings and the development of the film script for Office Baroque (1977). Sketchbook contains drawings and text.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (each page): 35,56 × 26,67 × 0,95 cm
- Sketchbook is a pad of paper.
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Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture /
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de la succession Gordon Matta-Clark /
Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
© Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark/SODRAC (2014) © Succession Gordon Matta-Clark/SODRAC (2014)
Objects that have been catalogued:
Sketchbook documents various ideas for building cuts and cut drawings. Sketchbook contains sketches.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (closed): 30.6 x 22.5 x 0.6 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
- Sketchbook is an 86 page pad of brownish paper with 41 pages removed. Cover is of yellow paper with a drawing of a pink pig, with a cardboard backing, bound by pink cloth tape.
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:
Sketchbook consists of architectural drawings for an apartment/loft and detailed sketches for a wood stove and stove pipe. Sketchbook contains drawings.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (closed): 22.9 x 28 x 0.3 cm (9 x 11 x 1/8 in.)
- Sketchbook is a pad of paper. Some pages have been removed. Cover is of grey construction paper with a cardboard backing, bound by black cloth tape.
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
Sketchpad documents studies for cut drawings which are based on geometric shapes. Sketchpad contains drawings.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (closed): 29.6 x 21.1 x 0.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
- Sketchbook is a 40-page pad of graph paper in A4 format. Some pages have been removed and one is torn. Cover is of beige paper with a cardboard backing, bound by brown cloth tape.
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
Sketchbook consists of architectural drawings identified by Jane Crawford, Gordon Matta-Clark's widow, as being for the unrealized project White Street Building (1975) and dating from 1975. The group of drawings also includes notes and drawings of other subjects such as temples.
1 sketchbook(s)
sketchbook (closed): 12.4 x 7.4 x 0.5 cm (4 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
- Sketchbook is an uncovered pad of paper with a cardboard backing.
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
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