Gallery: Lebbeus Woods: The Architect Who Dared to Ask 'What If?'

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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-07-SanFranciscoProject

    San Francisco Project: Inhabiting the Quake, Quake City, 1995; graphite and pastel on paper; 14.5 inches by 23 inches by 0.75 inches; Collection SFMOMA.
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    Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, left, and Joseph Becker, co-curators of the Lebbeus Woods, Architect exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, stand behind one of the conceptual artist's works. Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired.
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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-01-ConcentricField

    Concentric Field from Lebbeus Woods' series Centricity, 1987; graphite on paper; 23 inches by 24 inches; Collection SFMOMA.
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    Meta-Institute, 1996; chipboard, wood, paper; Photo: Wolfgang Woessner, courtesy Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art (MAK).
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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-03-UnifiedUrbanField

    Unified Urban Field from Lebbeus Woods' series Centricity \[no. 37\], 1987; graphite on paper; 24 inches by 23 inches; Collection SFMOMA.
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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-09-EinsteinTomb

    Einstein Tomb, 1980; aluminum; courtesy Aleksandra Wagner.
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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-06-Untitled

    Untitled, sketch for the series Nine Reconstructed Boxes, 1999; ink on paper; 8.5 inches by 11 inches; Collection SFMOMA.
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    Nine Reconstructed Boxes, 1999; plastic models and 10 sketches; 11 inches by 8.5 inches; Collection SFMOMA. Photo: Ben Blackwell.
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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-04-ConflictSpace4

    Conflict Space 4, 2006; crayon and acrylic on linen; 74 inches by 120 inches; Collection SFMOMA.
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    sfmoma-LebbeusWoods-02-PhotonKite

    Photon Kite from Lebbeus Woods' series Centricity, 1988; graphite on paper; 24 inches by 22 inches; Collection SFMOMA.
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