id: 155784
accession number: 1991.111
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.111
updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:10.745000
Cornwall Circle, 1991. Richard Long (British, 1945-). Slate; diameter: 540 cm (212 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art on the occasion of its Thirtieth Anniversary 1991.111 © Richard Long, 2006 / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York
Courtesy Haunch of Venison, London
title: Cornwall Circle
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creation date: 1991
creation date earliest: 1991
creation date latest: 1991
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creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art on the occasion of its Thirtieth Anniversary
copyright: © Richard Long, 2006 / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York
Courtesy Haunch of Venison, London
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culture: England, 20th century
technique: slate
department: Contemporary Art
collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Richard Long (British, 1945-) - artist
Richard Long British, 1945 -
Richard Long derives inspiration from his interaction with nature, experiencing the land through the English tradition of walking. He collects materials from these ventures,stones, willow branches, seaweed,and incorporates them into his on-site sculpture, often in arrangements such as a circle, spiral, line, or cross that conjure ancient patterns. Using his camera to document these temporary sculptures, Long explores the themes of transformation, the ephemerality of human existence on the land, and notions of time, place, and movement. Long's photographs record the transient aspects of his art-making process and address human presence through implication rather than direct representation.
Long, who lives in his native Bristol, studied at the Bristol School of Art (1962) and St. Martin's School of Art, London (1966-68). He has been at the forefront of contemporary art for the past 25 years, with many one-person exhibitions throughout Europe, Australia, the United States, and Canada. In addition to his photographic triptych, the Cleveland Museum of Art owns a Long sculpture. A.W.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
opening date: 1992-10-27T05:00:00
Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
title: Extended Loan of Richard Long Sculpture
opening date: 2006-08-21T00:00:00
Extended Loan of Richard Long Sculpture. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 21-December 31, 2006).
title: Gallery One 2012
opening date: 2012-12-12T05:00:00
Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'London, 1991: Hayward Gallery, South Bank Center, Richard Long Walking in Circles, June 14-August 11, 1991.', 'opening_date': '1991-06-14T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 132, p. 124, color repr. p. 28.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Anthony d'Offay Gallery)
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CITATIONS
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79.
page number: Reproduced: p. 50; Mentioned: p. 49-50, 66
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388
"1992 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95.
page number: Mentioned: p. 245, 287
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161418
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 28, no. 132
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Donley, Gregory M., "Geometric Means", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 46 no. 05, May/June 2006
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 3
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-05/page/2
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