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Richard Long

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Richard Long was born in 1945 in Bristol, England, where he currently lives and works. He studied at the West of England College of Art and St. Martin’s School of Art, London. With his seminal walking work in 1967, Long has radically redefined the boundaries of sculpture – using nature as both subject and medium – over the course of his fifty-year career. Since his first solo exhibition in 1968, he has had retrospectives at The Guggenheim, New York (1986); Hayward Gallery, London (1991); Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2007); and Tate Britain, London (2009). Solo museum shows include Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris (1993), Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo (1996); Museu Serralves, Portugal (2001); Tate St. Ives, Cornwall (2002); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2006); Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain de Nice (2008); “ARTIST ROOMS” organized by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate, which  traveled to The Hepworth Wakefield in England, among other venues (2012-20); Arnolfini, Bristol (2015); Houghton Hall, Norfolk (2017); De Pont Museum, The Netherlands (2019); and Museum Leuven, Belgium (2021-22). Long created the work Box Hill Road River for the cycling road race in Surrey as part of the 2012 Olympics. Long was awarded the Turner Prize in 1989, the Praemium Imperiale Art Award from Japan in 2009 and the Whitechapel Art Icon Award in 2015. The artist had his first solo show at Sperone Westwater in 1976, where he exhibits regularly (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2015 and 2020).

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Richard Long Red Earth Circle, 1989/2021 Installation View, Diriyah Biennale: Feeling the Stones JAX district, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, 2021

Richard Long
Red Earth Circle, 1989/2021
Installation View, Diriyah Biennale: Feeling the Stones
JAX district, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, 2021

floor sculpture made of pieces of flint installed in a gallery

Richard Long
Meandering Flint Line, 2020
chalk knapped flint from Norfolk, England
316 x 116 x 6 inches (802,6 x 294,6 x 15,2 cm)
SW 20038

Inquire
Richard Long Gold Rush, 2006 granite 252 x 312 inches (640,1 x 792,5 cm) as installed SW 05668

Richard Long
Gold Rush, 2006
granite
252 x 312 inches (640,1 x 792,5 cm) as installed
SW 05668

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2004 River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood 96 x 48 inches (243,8 x 121,9 cm) SW 04355

Richard Long
Untitled, 2004
River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood
96 x 48 inches (243,8 x 121,9 cm)
SW 04355

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2004 River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood 48 x 96 inches (121,9 x 243,8 cm) SW 04371

Richard Long
Untitled, 2004
River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood
48 x 96 inches (121,9 x 243,8 cm)
SW 04371

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2015 red clay on Douglas Fir plywood 48 x 48 x 2 inches (122 x 122 x 5 cm) SW 15175

Richard Long
Untitled, 2015
red clay on Douglas Fir plywood
48 x 48 x 2 inches (122 x 122 x 5 cm)
SW 15175

Inquire
Richard Long Dartmoor Walk(s), 2017 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 117 x 148 inches (297,2 x 375,9 cm) as installed SW 20011

Richard Long
Dartmoor Walk(s), 2017
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 117 x 148 inches (297,2 x 375,9 cm) as installed
SW 20011

Inquire
Richard Long Making a Circle of Stones, 2019 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 104 x 282 inches (264,2 x 716,3 cm) as installed SW 20008

Richard Long
Making a Circle of Stones, 2019
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 104 x 282 inches (264,2 x 716,3 cm) as installed
SW 20008

Inquire
Richard Long Highland Time, 2002 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 76 3/4 x 176 3/4 inches (194,9 x 448,9 cm) as installed SW 20010

Richard Long
Highland Time, 2002
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 76 3/4 x 176 3/4 inches (194,9 x 448,9 cm) as installed
SW 20010

Inquire
Richard Long Walking Prime Numbers in Somerset, 2015 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 104 x 187 1/8 inches (264,2 x 475,3 x cm) as installed SW 20009

Richard Long
Walking Prime Numbers in Somerset, 2015
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 104 x 187 1/8 inches (264,2 x 475,3 x cm) as installed
SW 20009

Inquire
Richard Long Human Nature Walk, 2011 text work; 2 parts 25 x 86 5/8 inches (63,5 x 220 cm) lettering 133 7/8 inches in diameter (340 cm) circle SW 112375

Richard Long
Human Nature Walk, 2011
text work; 2 parts
25 x 86 5/8 inches (63,5 x 220 cm) lettering
133 7/8 inches in diameter (340 cm) circle
SW 112375

Inquire
Richard Long Quantock Wood Circle, 1981 286 pieces of wood 192 inches diameter (488 cm) SW 81009

Richard Long
Quantock Wood Circle, 1981
286 pieces of wood
192 inches diameter (488 cm)
SW 81009

Inquire
Richard Long Heaven (Portrait of Carl Andre), 2011 Thassos marble 4 x 120 x 121 inches (10,2 x 305 x 307,3 cm) overall SW 11429 Private Collection

Richard Long
Heaven (Portrait of Carl Andre), 2011
Thassos marble
4 x 120 x 121 inches (10,2 x 305 x 307,3 cm) overall
SW 11429
Private Collection

Inquire
Richard Long Bowery Slate, 2011 Cornish slate 4 x 110 x 246 inches (10,2 x 279 x 625 cm) approximately SW 11145 Hall Collection

Richard Long
Bowery Slate, 2011
Cornish slate
4 x 110 x 246 inches (10,2 x 279 x 625 cm) approximately
SW 11145
Hall Collection

Inquire
Richard Long Half Moon, 2015 red slate 21 1/2 x 196 7/8 x 98 1/2 inches (54,5 x 500 x 250 cm) SW 15180 Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

Richard Long
Half Moon, 2015
red slate
21 1/2 x 196 7/8 x 98 1/2 inches (54,5 x 500 x 250 cm)
SW 15180
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

Richard Long Untitled, 2008 slate and River Avon mud 24 x 18 inches (61 x 46 cm) SW 08436  

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
slate and River Avon mud
24 x 18 inches (61 x 46 cm)
SW 08436

 

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2008 slate and River Avon mud 48 1/8 x 42 inches (122,2 x 106,7 cm) SW 08173

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
slate and River Avon mud
48 1/8 x 42 inches (122,2 x 106,7 cm)
SW 08173

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2008 slate and gesso 75 x 36 inches (190,5 x 91,4 cm) SW 08163

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
slate and gesso
75 x 36 inches (190,5 x 91,4 cm)
SW 08163

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2008 blackboard and River Avon mud 11 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (29,5 x 25,1 cm) SW 08176

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
blackboard and River Avon mud
11 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (29,5 x 25,1 cm)
SW 08176

Inquire
Richard Long Rain Drumming on the Tent, 1997 text 62 x 42 inches (157,5 x 106,7 cm) 62 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches (159,7 x 108,9 cm) frame SW 97257

Richard Long
Rain Drumming on the Tent, 1997
text
62 x 42 inches (157,5 x 106,7 cm)
62 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches (159,7 x 108,9 cm) frame
SW 97257

Inquire
Richard Long Santa Cruz Circle, 1997 slate from North Wales 132 inches (335,3 cm) diameter SW 97261 Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Richard Long
Santa Cruz Circle, 1997
slate from North Wales
132 inches (335,3 cm) diameter
SW 97261
Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Richard Long Two Rivers Waterline, 2010 black and white photograph, text 44 1/2 x 33 1/4 inches (113 x 84,5 cm) frame SW 11098

Richard Long
Two Rivers Waterline, 2010
black and white photograph, text
44 1/2 x 33 1/4 inches (113 x 84,5 cm) frame
SW 11098

Inquire
Richard Long Rockfall Stones, 2012 gelatin silver print, text 44 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (112 x 85 x x 4 cm) frame SW 14113

Richard Long
Rockfall Stones, 2012
gelatin silver print, text
44 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (112 x 85 x x 4 cm) frame
SW 14113

Inquire
Richard Long County Cork, Ireland, 1967 black and white photograph 30 x 40 inches (76,2 x 101,6 cm) 30 5/8 x 40 7/8 inches (77,8 x 103,8 cm) frame SW 09139 Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Richard Long
County Cork, Ireland, 1967
black and white photograph
30 x 40 inches (76,2 x 101,6 cm)
30 5/8 x 40 7/8 inches (77,8 x 103,8 cm) frame
SW 09139
Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Richard Long Aconcagua Circle, 2012 color giclee print, text 28 3/8 x 38 x 1 1/2 inches (72 x 96,5 x 4 cm) frame SW 15173 Private Collection

Richard Long
Aconcagua Circle, 2012
color giclee print, text
28 3/8 x 38 x 1 1/2 inches (72 x 96,5 x 4 cm) frame
SW 15173
Private Collection

Richard Long Following a Trail of Footprints, 2005 chromogenic print, unique 2 panels; 42 x 54 inches (106,7 x 137,2 cm) each SW 05675 Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Richard Long
Following a Trail of Footprints, 2005
chromogenic print, unique
2 panels; 42 x 54 inches (106,7 x 137,2 cm) each
SW 05675
Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Richard Long Donner Pass Circle, 2005 chromogenic print, unique 54 x 42 inches (137,2 x 106,7 cm) SW 05672 Private Collection

Richard Long
Donner Pass Circle, 2005
chromogenic print, unique
54 x 42 inches (137,2 x 106,7 cm)
SW 05672
Private Collection

Richard Long Red Earth Circle, 1989/2021 Installation View, Diriyah Biennale: Feeling the Stones JAX district, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, 2021

Richard Long
Red Earth Circle, 1989/2021
Installation View, Diriyah Biennale: Feeling the Stones
JAX district, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, 2021

floor sculpture made of pieces of flint installed in a gallery

Richard Long
Meandering Flint Line, 2020
chalk knapped flint from Norfolk, England
316 x 116 x 6 inches (802,6 x 294,6 x 15,2 cm)
SW 20038

Inquire
Richard Long Gold Rush, 2006 granite 252 x 312 inches (640,1 x 792,5 cm) as installed SW 05668

Richard Long
Gold Rush, 2006
granite
252 x 312 inches (640,1 x 792,5 cm) as installed
SW 05668

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2004 River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood 96 x 48 inches (243,8 x 121,9 cm) SW 04355

Richard Long
Untitled, 2004
River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood
96 x 48 inches (243,8 x 121,9 cm)
SW 04355

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2004 River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood 48 x 96 inches (121,9 x 243,8 cm) SW 04371

Richard Long
Untitled, 2004
River Avon mud on Douglas Fir plywood
48 x 96 inches (121,9 x 243,8 cm)
SW 04371

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2015 red clay on Douglas Fir plywood 48 x 48 x 2 inches (122 x 122 x 5 cm) SW 15175

Richard Long
Untitled, 2015
red clay on Douglas Fir plywood
48 x 48 x 2 inches (122 x 122 x 5 cm)
SW 15175

Inquire
Richard Long Dartmoor Walk(s), 2017 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 117 x 148 inches (297,2 x 375,9 cm) as installed SW 20011

Richard Long
Dartmoor Walk(s), 2017
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 117 x 148 inches (297,2 x 375,9 cm) as installed
SW 20011

Inquire
Richard Long Making a Circle of Stones, 2019 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 104 x 282 inches (264,2 x 716,3 cm) as installed SW 20008

Richard Long
Making a Circle of Stones, 2019
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 104 x 282 inches (264,2 x 716,3 cm) as installed
SW 20008

Inquire
Richard Long Highland Time, 2002 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 76 3/4 x 176 3/4 inches (194,9 x 448,9 cm) as installed SW 20010

Richard Long
Highland Time, 2002
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 76 3/4 x 176 3/4 inches (194,9 x 448,9 cm) as installed
SW 20010

Inquire
Richard Long Walking Prime Numbers in Somerset, 2015 text framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm) vinyl text: 104 x 187 1/8 inches (264,2 x 475,3 x cm) as installed SW 20009

Richard Long
Walking Prime Numbers in Somerset, 2015
text
framed text: 41 3/4 x 63 1/8 inches (106 x 160,3 cm)
vinyl text: 104 x 187 1/8 inches (264,2 x 475,3 x cm) as installed
SW 20009

Inquire
Richard Long Human Nature Walk, 2011 text work; 2 parts 25 x 86 5/8 inches (63,5 x 220 cm) lettering 133 7/8 inches in diameter (340 cm) circle SW 112375

Richard Long
Human Nature Walk, 2011
text work; 2 parts
25 x 86 5/8 inches (63,5 x 220 cm) lettering
133 7/8 inches in diameter (340 cm) circle
SW 112375

Inquire
Richard Long Quantock Wood Circle, 1981 286 pieces of wood 192 inches diameter (488 cm) SW 81009

Richard Long
Quantock Wood Circle, 1981
286 pieces of wood
192 inches diameter (488 cm)
SW 81009

Inquire
Richard Long Heaven (Portrait of Carl Andre), 2011 Thassos marble 4 x 120 x 121 inches (10,2 x 305 x 307,3 cm) overall SW 11429 Private Collection

Richard Long
Heaven (Portrait of Carl Andre), 2011
Thassos marble
4 x 120 x 121 inches (10,2 x 305 x 307,3 cm) overall
SW 11429
Private Collection

Inquire
Richard Long Bowery Slate, 2011 Cornish slate 4 x 110 x 246 inches (10,2 x 279 x 625 cm) approximately SW 11145 Hall Collection

Richard Long
Bowery Slate, 2011
Cornish slate
4 x 110 x 246 inches (10,2 x 279 x 625 cm) approximately
SW 11145
Hall Collection

Inquire
Richard Long Half Moon, 2015 red slate 21 1/2 x 196 7/8 x 98 1/2 inches (54,5 x 500 x 250 cm) SW 15180 Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

Richard Long
Half Moon, 2015
red slate
21 1/2 x 196 7/8 x 98 1/2 inches (54,5 x 500 x 250 cm)
SW 15180
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

Richard Long Untitled, 2008 slate and River Avon mud 24 x 18 inches (61 x 46 cm) SW 08436  

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
slate and River Avon mud
24 x 18 inches (61 x 46 cm)
SW 08436

 

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2008 slate and River Avon mud 48 1/8 x 42 inches (122,2 x 106,7 cm) SW 08173

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
slate and River Avon mud
48 1/8 x 42 inches (122,2 x 106,7 cm)
SW 08173

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2008 slate and gesso 75 x 36 inches (190,5 x 91,4 cm) SW 08163

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
slate and gesso
75 x 36 inches (190,5 x 91,4 cm)
SW 08163

Inquire
Richard Long Untitled, 2008 blackboard and River Avon mud 11 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (29,5 x 25,1 cm) SW 08176

Richard Long
Untitled, 2008
blackboard and River Avon mud
11 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (29,5 x 25,1 cm)
SW 08176

Inquire
Richard Long Rain Drumming on the Tent, 1997 text 62 x 42 inches (157,5 x 106,7 cm) 62 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches (159,7 x 108,9 cm) frame SW 97257

Richard Long
Rain Drumming on the Tent, 1997
text
62 x 42 inches (157,5 x 106,7 cm)
62 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches (159,7 x 108,9 cm) frame
SW 97257

Inquire
Richard Long Santa Cruz Circle, 1997 slate from North Wales 132 inches (335,3 cm) diameter SW 97261 Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Richard Long
Santa Cruz Circle, 1997
slate from North Wales
132 inches (335,3 cm) diameter
SW 97261
Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Richard Long Two Rivers Waterline, 2010 black and white photograph, text 44 1/2 x 33 1/4 inches (113 x 84,5 cm) frame SW 11098

Richard Long
Two Rivers Waterline, 2010
black and white photograph, text
44 1/2 x 33 1/4 inches (113 x 84,5 cm) frame
SW 11098

Inquire
Richard Long Rockfall Stones, 2012 gelatin silver print, text 44 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (112 x 85 x x 4 cm) frame SW 14113

Richard Long
Rockfall Stones, 2012
gelatin silver print, text
44 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (112 x 85 x x 4 cm) frame
SW 14113

Inquire
Richard Long County Cork, Ireland, 1967 black and white photograph 30 x 40 inches (76,2 x 101,6 cm) 30 5/8 x 40 7/8 inches (77,8 x 103,8 cm) frame SW 09139 Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Richard Long
County Cork, Ireland, 1967
black and white photograph
30 x 40 inches (76,2 x 101,6 cm)
30 5/8 x 40 7/8 inches (77,8 x 103,8 cm) frame
SW 09139
Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Richard Long Aconcagua Circle, 2012 color giclee print, text 28 3/8 x 38 x 1 1/2 inches (72 x 96,5 x 4 cm) frame SW 15173 Private Collection

Richard Long
Aconcagua Circle, 2012
color giclee print, text
28 3/8 x 38 x 1 1/2 inches (72 x 96,5 x 4 cm) frame
SW 15173
Private Collection

Richard Long Following a Trail of Footprints, 2005 chromogenic print, unique 2 panels; 42 x 54 inches (106,7 x 137,2 cm) each SW 05675 Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Richard Long
Following a Trail of Footprints, 2005
chromogenic print, unique
2 panels; 42 x 54 inches (106,7 x 137,2 cm) each
SW 05675
Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Richard Long Donner Pass Circle, 2005 chromogenic print, unique 54 x 42 inches (137,2 x 106,7 cm) SW 05672 Private Collection

Richard Long
Donner Pass Circle, 2005
chromogenic print, unique
54 x 42 inches (137,2 x 106,7 cm)
SW 05672
Private Collection