Gordon Matta-Clark Mother's papers: Birth through August 1945

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People:

Anne Alpert (correspondence writer)
Anne Alpert (recipient)
Jane Crawford (compiler)

Title:

Gordon Matta-Clark Mother's papers: Birth through August 1945

Date:

1914-1946

Description:

Binder documents the life of Anna Louise Clark (later Anne Alpert) from her early life in Illinois, her years in France (1937-1939), New York City, New York (1939-1945), and Chile (1945-1946). It includes correspondence about the birth of her twin sons, Gordon Matta-Clark and John Sebastian Matta, her affair with Isamu Noguchi, and her efforts to get a fair settlement in her divorce from her first husband Roberto Matta. Binder contains photographs and textual records.

Quantity / Object type:
1 ring binder(s)

Dimensions:

ring binder (closed): 31.7 x 34 x 9 cm (12 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

PHCON2002:0016:014

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Binding consists of green plastic-covered boards and spine, with a typed label attached to the spine in a clear plastic sleeve. Endleaves are of white paper. Objects within binder are housed in plastic sleeves.

Conditions governing access:

Access is restricted. Documents may only be used with the permission of the CCA and Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark.

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

PHCON2002:0016:014:066, Personal letter from Isamu Noguchi to Anne Alpert, 11 May 1945

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