Composition notebook of sketches and notes for Automation House, Tree Dance, and A W-Hole House, and Anarchitecture

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Gordon Matta-Clark (draughtsman)
Gordon Matta-Clark (author)

Title:

Composition notebook of sketches and notes for Automation House, Tree Dance, and A W-Hole House, and Anarchitecture

Date:

1971-1973

Description:

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.

Form:
books

Quantity / Object type:
1 notebook(s)

Technique and media:

Ball-point pen and graphite on paper; some pages are truncated

Dimensions:

book (closed): 24.4 x 19 x 1 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3/8 in.)

Reference number:

PHCON2002:0016:024

Document Type:

notebook

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- 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.

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

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