• Post-War and Contemporary Art auction at Christies

    Sale 4885

    Post-War and Contemporary Art

    London, South Kensington

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    28 March 2012

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    • Richard Long (b. 1940)
    Lot 48

    Richard Long (b. 1940)

    Full Moon Circle of Ground

    Price realised

    GBP 21,250

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    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.

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    Literature and exhibited

    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.


    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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    Special Notice

    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.


    Post Lot Text

    The buyer of this lot acquired the right to execute this work in accordance with the artist's intentions.


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