Gordon’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Splitting
Gordon Matta-Clark American, 1943–1978

Photo Fry
Gordon Matta-Clark American, 1943–1978

Untitled (Arrows, Notebook)
Gordon Matta-Clark American, 1943-1978

Circus (Caribbean Orange)
Gordon Matta-Clark American, 1943-1978

Walls Paper
Gordon Matta-Clark (American, 1943-1978)

Pier 18: Gordon Matta-Clark, Parked Island Barges on the Hudson
Shunk-Kender (German and Hungarian, active 1958-1971) Harry Shunk (German, 1924-2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937-2009)

Pier 18: Gordon Matta-Clark, Parked Island Barges on the Hudson
Shunk-Kender (German and Hungarian, active 1958-1971) Harry Shunk (German, 1924-2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937-2009)

Pier 18: Gordon Matta-Clark, Parked Island Barges on the Hudson
Shunk-Kender (German and Hungarian, active 1958-1971) Harry Shunk (German, 1924-2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937-2009)

Pier 18: Gordon Matta-Clark, Parked Island Barges on the Hudson
Shunk-Kender (German and Hungarian, active 1958-1971) Harry Shunk (German, 1924-2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937-2009)

Pier 18: Gordon Matta-Clark, Parked Island Barges on the Hudson
Shunk-Kender (German and Hungarian, active 1958-1971) Harry Shunk (German, 1924-2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937-2009)

Pier 18: Gordon Matta-Clark, Parked Island Barges on the Hudson
Shunk-Kender (German and Hungarian, active 1958-1971) Harry Shunk (German, 1924-2006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 1937-2009)

The Earth Is a Man
Roberto Matta Chilean, 1911–2002

Drive in the Knife
Roberto Matta Chilean, 1911–2002

Psychological Morphology
Roberto Matta Chilean, 1911–2002

A Mansion at Prairie Avenue
Irene Clark American, 1927–1980

Sleeping Infant Faun Visited by an Inquisitive Rabbit
Edward Clark Potter (American, 1857–1923)

Untitled (Psychological Morphology)
Roberto Matta Chilean, 1911–2002

Boxers
Matta Chilean, 1911-2002

The Coffee House
Alson Skinner Clark (American, 1876–1949)

Portrait of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Virginia Keep Clark American, born 1878