Live Auction 4885Post-War and Contemporary Art
Richard Long (b. 1940)
Lot 48

Richard Long (b. 1940)

Full Moon Circle of Ground

Closed28 March 2012

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GBP 21,250

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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

Art Agency Tokyo, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

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)