Gordon Matta-Clark Family Photographs

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People:

Anne Alpert (compiler)
Jane Crawford (compiler)
Gordon Matta-Clark (sitter)
John Sebastian Matta (sitter)

Title:

Gordon Matta-Clark Family Photographs

Date:

1914-1997

Description:

Binder documents the life of Anna Alpert in personal and professional photographs dating from her early life in Lincoln, Illinois to the end of her life in 1997. Included are many photographs of her with Roberto Matta around the time of their marriage in 1938. Photographs of her twin sons Gordon Matta-Clark and John Sebastian Matta include a portrait by Hans Namuth and publicity shots for an article in Glamour magazine in 1950. The marriage of Gordon Matta-Clark to Jane Crawford in 1978 also figures prominently among the material. Photographs of more distant family members, such as Federica Matta, daughter of Roberto Matta and his wife Malitte, and of Jessamyn Fiore, daughter of Jane Crawford and her husband Robert Fiore, can also be found in this album. Binder contains negatives, photographs, a reprographic copy and slides.

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:

PHCON2002:0016:020

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 and separated by manila tabbed dividers.

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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