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Artists›Richard Long

Richard Long

1945

WA-00000938

Bristol, UK

PhotographyLand ArtPhotography

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

272

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ368645

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Paula Cooper Gallery

2025

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge + Artsy· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge + Gallery Generic· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
DeceasedGallery Generic· 72%
Death yearGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

James-Cohanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-long
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Lisson-Galleryhttps://www.lissongallery.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3591
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Richard Long yet.

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Movement

Land Art

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (60)

Cornish Slate Ellipse

2009 · Slate

displayed: 7200 x 3420 mm displayed: 4237kg

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Waterlines

2003 · Digital print on paper mounted onto aluminium

image: 1199 x 799 mm support: 1207 x 807 x 1.5 mm support, secondary: 1207 x 807 x 1 mm frame: 1218 x 817 x 40 mm

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Limestone Drawing Two

2002 · Screenprint on paper

image: 240 x 500 mm

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Slate Drawing One

2002 · Screenprint on paper

image: 240 x 500 mm

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Limestone Drawing One

2002 · Screenprint on paper

image: 240 x 500 mm

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Slate Drawing Two

2002 · Screenprint on paper

image: 240 x 500 mm

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Waterfall Line

2000 · River mud on emulsion

4540 x 145500 mm

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River Avon Mud Drawings

1998 · lithograph

Sheet: 50 x 40 cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

[no title]

1994 · Lithograph on paper

image: 832 x 540 mm

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[no title]

1994 · Lithograph on paper

image: 831 x 520 mm

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[no title]

1994 · Lithograph on paper

image: 825 x 517 mm

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Watershed

1992 · Digital print on paper mounted on board

image: 1038 x 1548 mm support: 1038 x 1548 x 1.5 mm support, secondary: 1038 x 1548 x 1.5 mm frame: 1061 x 1567 x 40 mm

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South Bank Circle

1991 · Delabole slate

displayed: 100 x 1997 x 1997 mm

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Untitled

1991 · Mud on paper

support: 1820 x 940 mm

Tate

In the Cloud

1991 · Screenprint on board

image: 1055 x 1550 mm

Diameter: 540 cm (212 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

1991 · River Avon mud on black paper

Framed: 189.3 x 158.8 cm (74 1/2 x 62 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Silence Circle Big Bend Texas

1990 · Photograph, black and white, on paper and typescript

support: 830 x 1121 mm

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Nile (Papers of River Muds)

1990 · Book

unconfirmed: 370 x 304 mm

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Sahara Circle

1988 · Digital print on paper mounted onto aluminium

image: 159 x 1276 mm support: 863 x 1281 x 2 mm support, secondary: 863 x 1281 x 1 mm frame: 872 x 1291 x 37 mm

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Red Slate Circle

1988 · Slate

displayed: 370 x 4000 x 4000 mm

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River Avon Mud drawings, Ten Mud-dipped papers

1988 · 10 works on paper, mud

image, each: 410 x 305 mm

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Small White Pebble Circles

1987 · Marble

displayed: 40 x 2000 x 2000 mm

Tate

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Thirty-Seven Campfires, Mexico (Two friends on a thirteen day walk...)

1987 · gelatin silver print

Image: 48 x 71.1 cm (18 7/8 x 28 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

60 published of 106 catalogued · 79 with image

Tate
42 published42 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
+ 1 more source · 46 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Thirty-Seven Campfires, Mexico (Two friends on a thirteen day walk...)
1987 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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River Avon Mud Drawings
1998 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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[no title]
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Thirty-Seven Campfires, Mexico
1987 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
[no title]
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Two Straight Twelve Mile Walks on Dartmoor, England 1980
1980 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Limestone Drawing One
2002 · Tate · 1 prov
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Cerne Abbas Walk
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cornish Slate Ellipse
2009 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Turf Sculpture
1967 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

166 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Peers & Context27

Sarah Charlesworthco-exhibited Sam Durantco-exhibitedCynthia Hawkinsco-exhibitedTerry Adkinsco-exhibited Carl Andreco-exhibitedTauba Auerbachco-exhibited

Movements2

Land Art Photography

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Tate Paula Cooper Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Paula Cooper Gallery

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

Background

Education

Central Saint Martins

Visual Arts

Saint Martin's School of Art

Visual Arts

Camberwell College of Arts

Visual Arts

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Exhibitions and timeline

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