Richard Long (1) (1945–)

Exhibited across the globe, Richard Long, born in 1945, is one of Britain's most important living artists. Long belongs to a generation of British sculptors who re-imagined the traditional materials and methods of their medium. His work, rooted in his deep affinity with nature, developed during solitary walks through landscapes around the world, from the Andes, to Africa, to the Mongolian steppes. Often geometric in shape, Long's sculptures are always made with materials encountered during show more his walks. This fascinating book, extensively illustrated and designed in collaboration with the artist, surveys Long's entire career, beginning with key early works including A Line Made By Walking (1967), A Ten Mile Walk (1968), Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro (1969), A Sculpture Left By The Tide (1970) and A Circle In Africa (1978). Featuring an essay by Tate curator Clarrie Wallis, Richard Long is an insightful look at a landmark artist. show less

Over a period of almost 45 years, the pioneering land artist Richard Long (born 1945) has created prints with almost every technique possible, from monotype, engraving and lithography to silk-screen and offset printing. This is the first catalogue raisonné of Long’s prints.

The credits read as follows:
'Richard Long's "sculpture for Martin and Mia Visser" was conceived for the purpose of photographic reproduction. Richard Long made a system of trenches, which was created according to special camera views. Seen from the camera views relations become evident between marks in the landscape such as stone-walls, water-falls, lanes and Long's trenches.
The collectors Martin and Mia Visser acquired Richard Long's work as a photographic reproduction for
publication in an show more edition of 500 issues.
According to Richard Long's idea the photographs in hand do not have the function of a documentation:
It is the 'sculpture made for Martin and Mia Visser".'
Sold by auction house Bubb Kuyper on November 24 2025 as nr. 137 for € 300,- without buyer's fee. show less

10-panel accordion fold; printed one side only; cardstock covers; Letterpress and offset. Artists' book of photographs of Long's "A Day's Walk Past the Standing Stones of Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall 1978." with list of stones on first panel, photos on all the others. Reference: Coracle 1991 catalogue.