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Richard Long (b. 1940)
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Richard Long (b. 1940)

Full Moon Circle of Ground

Details
Richard Long (b. 1940)
Full Moon Circle of Ground
(i) signed, inscribed and dated 'Richard Long TOKYO 1983' (lower right)
text work
graphite and coloured pencil on paper, in three parts
(i) 8½ x 12 1/8in. (21.6 x 30.8cm.)
(ii) 11¾ x 8 3/8in. (29.9 x 21.cm.)
(iii) 8 3/8 x 11¾in. (21.3 x 29.9cm.)
Conceived in 1983, this work is unique
Provenance
Art Agency Tokyo, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Sixteen Works, exh. cat., London, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, 1984 (illustrated, unpaged).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, exh. cat., Richard Long, 1986 (another variation exhibited, pp. 103, 135, 136 and 197).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Century Cultural Foundation, Richard Long, 1983 (illustrated, unpaged).
Tokyo, Art Agency Tokyo, Richard Long, 1983.
Nagoya, The Museum of Contemporary Art Nagoya, 2001.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Further details
The buyer of this lot acquired the right to execute this work in accordance with the artist's intentions.

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Lot Essay

First a circle 100 cm. radius is drawn very lightly on the wall. It is then marked horizontally, vertically, and at 45 degrees on the circle and 8 XXX symbols are painted in first around the perimeter, brush lettering, by a signwriter. All writing inside circle in black, all the same size, and vertical. The title is the same size in red, on the left side, centred. (Richard Long, Certificate for Full Moon Circle of Ground)

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