Richard LONG
A walk past standing stones
London, Coracle Press for Anthony d’Offay, 1980. Softcover, leporello, 10 x 6,5 cm, [10] pp. A small artists’ book of a great artist walking by great stones. Good condition.
Arts, Conceptual Art, Artist Book, Avant-Garde, Land Art
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Leporello with photographs of Long's "A Day's Walk Past the Standing Stones of Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall 1978." with list of stones on first panel.
-Richard Long - (1945 Bristol, UK), British conceptual and land art artist. He photographs and manipulates the landscape around him. Many of his works are created during walks in nature. Often the photos he takes of his interventions are the only remains to present to a wider audience. He also made large sculptures and murals for museums. The sculptures often consist of pieces of stone or wood that are arranged in a circle or other geometric figure.
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