Office Baroque

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• Fonds: Gordon Matta-Clark collection, 1914-2008
•    Series: Gordon Matta-Clark's Artwork, [between 1959 and 1978, predominant 1970-1978]
•      Project: Office Baroque, [1977]

People

• Gordon Matta-Clark (creator)
• Gordon Matta-Clark (architect)

Title

Office Baroque

Dates of creation

[1977]

Level of archival description

File 5

Extent and Medium

• 4 drawings
• 1 photograph
• 1 montage

Scope and Content

File consists of architectural drawings (plan, section, and schematics) and a photograph for the 1977 project, Office Baroque, executed in Antwerp, Belgium. Additionally, the file includes a photomontage of the executed project.

File contains drawings, a photomontage and a photograph.

Reference Number

CP138.S5.D5

Related units of description

• Photographs PH1994:0002 in the CCA Photographs Collection, and PL2007:0010 in the Phyllis Lambert Collection, are by Gordon Matta-Clark of Office Baroque.
• Videocassettes, film reels and a DVD of Office Baroque can be found in Files 13, 21 and 24 of Series 6 (CP001.S6.D13; CP001.S6.D21; CP001.S6.D24) of the Gordon Matta-Clark Collection. Sketches of Office Baroque (PHCON2002:0016:021:001) can be found in Sub-series 2 of Series 4 (CP001.S4.SS2) of the Collection.

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  • Reference Number: PH2006:0294
  • Title: Negative for an Office Baroque photographic montage
  • Dates of creation: 1977
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 montage(s)

  Technique and media:

  Colour transparencies

  Dimensions:

  transparencies (irreg.; approx.): 4 x 6.4 cm

  Point of View:

  • interior view

  Physical Description:

  - Two colour transparencies are taped together to form this work.

  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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  • Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:058
  • Title: Office Baroque floor plan on graph paper
  • Dates of creation: 1977
  • Form: drawings

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (architect)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 drawing(s)

  Technique and media:

  Blue ballpoint pen and graphite pencil

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 42 x 59.5 cm (16 9/16 x 23 7/16 in.)

  Inscription:

  uninscribed

  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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  • Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:059
  • Title: Office Baroque floor plan
  • Dates of creation: 1977
  • Form: drawings

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (architect)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 drawing(s)

  Technique and media:

  Blue ballpoint pen on graph paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 40.2 x 59.5 cm (15 13/16 x 23 7/16 in.)

  Inscription:

  uninscribed

  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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  • Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:074
  • Title: Study for Office Baroque
  • Dates of creation: 1977
  • Form: drawings

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 drawing(s)

  Technique and media:

  Black felt-tip pen on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (visible): 19,7 × 25,7 cm (7 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.) frame: 29 x 35 x 2,8 cm

  Physical Description:

  The drawing is currently framed.

  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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  • Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:075
  • Title: Schematic for Office Baroque
  • Dates of creation: 1977
  • Form: drawings

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • schematic drawing

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and black ink on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (visible): 19 × 21,7 cm (7 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.) frame: 29 × 35 × 2,8 cm

  Physical Description:

  - The drawing is currently framed.

  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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  • Reference Number: PHCON2002:0016:080
  • Title: View of the five-storey commerical building used in Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Dates of creation: 1977
  • Form: photographs

  People:

  • Gordon Matta-Clark (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Technique and media:

  Cibachrome (tm) print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 76.2 x 87.6 cm (30 x 34 1/2 in.)

  Point of View:

  • exterior view

  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