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11 West 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Tel. 956-6100 Cable; Modernart

PROJECTS:RICHARDLONG

March 15 - April 17, 1972, Northwest and Far West galleries

CHECKLIST(This list was prepared as a record for internal use only.)

Windmill Hill.Statement:

Photograph mounted on paper with typeset statement,"This is the place of the first settlementin Britain. The Windmill Hill folkwere the first inhabitants of Englandto make permanent changes in thelandscape. II

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A two art walking sculpture with cattlePhotograph with hand-lettered/" label,

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A journey through rain and throughgraphs with hand-lettered"label, 9 1

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Dartmoor England 1969. 3 Photo-Signed on label.

A sculpture made by walking, 1967. Photograph with typed label, 13 3/4 x 12".

A hitch hiking journey, out and back, from London to the summit of Ben Nevis,Scotland. April 1967. Pen-and-ink-on-paper map, 6 pairs of photographs mountedon paper, with typed labels, 13 1/2 x 28 1/8" (3 sheets).

Remainder of statement: "Two ~tgraphs taken at 11 a.m. each dayat the positions shown."

Cycling Sculpture Ist-3rd December 1967. photograph, typed statement, pen-and-ink map on paper, 10 1 x 2· 3 ·sheets) .

Statement: "Transported by bicycle and assembled at the points shown on!the map. At each location was placed a notice which read:!THIS IS ONEPARTOFA PIECE OF SCULPTURE/WHICHSURROUNDSANAREAOF2401 SQ. MILES./ THEREARE FIFTEENOTHERSIMILARPARTS,/PLACED IRREGULARLY./ ANYCOMMENTSetc. TO: !RICHARDLONG/31FOURNIERSTREET,LOrmONE. 1."

A scul ture by Richard Long Hiltshire 12-15 October 1969. Printed map with typedlabels, 13 7 x 13 .

Statement: "Each square drawn on the map was walked separately andas accurately as possible, without rehersalThe total walking time for each square is given."

2 .1/2 rn.iie walk sculpture/1969. Mounted photograph, with diagram and typed ct,s<c(; -tlOY) on' paper, 97/8x77/8". p

Statement: "Line 1 / 55 yards / Walked 32 times / Total distance 1 mile ...Lt.ne 4 / 55 yards / Walked 8 times Total distance 1/4 mile. "

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Walking a straight 10-Mile Line, Dartmoor, England. 1970. photograph, map,typewritten statement mounted on cardboard panel, 6 7/8 x 37 1/2". The Museumof Modern Art, New York. Charles Simon Fund. 394.70

statement: "For six consecutive nights I walked by compass, from eastto west, the line drawn on the map./ The time taken wasrecorded at the end of each walk./ TUESDAY 5 HRS 22 MIN/WEDNESDAY 4 HRS 26 MIN ...SUNIJAY 4 HRS 03 MIN"

Signed: "Richard Long June 16-21, 1970"

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72..IGOMoving Slowly. 1971. photograph, map, typewritten statement reproduced inprinted brochure "A Sculpture by Richard Long Presented by Konrad Fischer,"6 1/4 x 24 1/2", folded in 3 parts.

statement: I'For one hour I walked in a straight line, then marked thedistance/on the map. On each of the following days I walkedalong the same/line and the times taken are given./Monday1 hour/Tuesday 4 hours/Wednesday 8 hours/Thursday 16 hours/Friday/Satruday 32 hoursfThe sculpture becomes slower andslower, from day to day, day to night, day night day,motionless -/March 1971"

Label und.e.r photograph: "Wednesday - moving slO\'11y"Signed: "Richard Long"

A Hundred Mile Walk/1971-72.paper, 21 x 11".

Statement: "Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4ADay 5

Map, typeset statement, photograph mounted on72..1"" Winter skyline, a north wind

The Earth turns effortlessly under Ulf feetSuck icicles from the grass stemsAs though I had never been bornIn and out the sound of rivers over familiar steppingstonesCorrina, CorrinaFlop down on my back with tkednessStare up at the sky and watch it recede

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72..1101Connemara Sculpture, Ireland, 1971. photograph, mounted on paper with pencildiagram and lettering in English and Gaelic, 21 x 14 3/4" (2 sheets).

Statement: "In 2000 B.C. this labyrinth drawing was/cut in a giant stoneby st. Kevinls/road in the Wicklow mountains, Co. Licklow,Ireland. "

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BoyHalf-Tide, Bertra~~ay, Ireland, 1971.with typeset label, 28 1/2 x 21 1/2".

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Color photograph mounted on board

72.. t5~Reflections in the Little Pi eon River, Great Smo~ Mountains, Tennessee. 1970.photograph with printed words by Johhny Cash reproduced in printed brochure,Bulletin 35, Art & project, II 3/4 x 16 5/8".

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TwO sheepdogs crosS in and out of the passing shadows The clouds drift overthe hill with a storm. 1971. Photoblowups of pages from booklet publishedby Lisson publications, London. (Title page and copyright page not included.)

The exhibition also includes a floor SCUlpture "walked" especially for theexhibition in the Northwest Gallery, 14' 3/4" x 19' 2 1/4". All workS in theexhibition are lent by the artist, except for one work marked with asterisk.

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