Artist Monograph

Richard Long, British

British, born 1945

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	13	28.3%
Lithography	11	23.9%
Printmaking	9	19.6%
Photography	6	13%
Drawing	4	8.7%
Screenprint	3	6.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	42	91.3%
Painting & Sculpture	3	6.5%
Photography	1	2.2%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 21
Drawing — 15
Illustrated Book — 5
Installation — 2
Audio — 1
Sculpture — 1
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	22.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	25	62.5%
Large (1–3 m)	6	15%

Range: 15.0 cm → 198.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1970	1
1978	1
1982	1
1984	1
1987	4
1990	2
1991	1
1992	1
1995	4
1996	2
2002	1
2007	12
2011	6
2012	1
2013	2
2015	1
2018	2
2019	1
2022	2

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 46 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Rain Dance from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 1103.2007.11	1969, published 1970	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of 19 printed objects	composition and sheet: 7 15/16 x 12" (20.2 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Rain Dance. August 24, 1969. The Rift Valley, East Africa. (A 3/4 Mile Travelling Piece Documented by 4 Photographs) from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 525.2022.11	1969, published 1970	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	sheet: 8 x 12" (20.3 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Untitled (Houston Project) Drawing Acc. 1498.2018.a-e	1969	Gelatin silver print, and cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print, pencil, and press type on four sheets of paper	(.a): 6 1/8 × 9 1/8" (15.6 × 23.2 cm); (.b): 4 1/2 × 5 1/2" (11.4 × 14 cm); (.c): 4 3/8 × 7" (11.1 × 17.8 cm); (.d): 4 × 5 7/8" (10.2 × 14.9 cm); (.e): 4 7/8 × 10 1/8" (12.4 × 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Box catalogue for the exhibition RICHARD LONG [4 Sculptures] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, July 16 – August 30, 1970 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.10	1970	Cardboard box containing artist book	Box: 8 × 6 5/16 × 7/8" (20.3 × 16 × 2.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Rain Dance from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 261.1984.11	1970	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	sheet: 8 x 12" (20.3 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston McShine
Untitled Print Acc. 1058.2007	1970	Poster, offset printed	composition and sheet: 14 5/8 x 33 1/8" (37.1 x 84.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Walking a Straight 10-Mile Line, Dartmoor, England Drawing Acc. 394.1970.a-c	1970	Typewriting on cut-and-pasted paper, cut-and-pasted printed map, and gelatin silver print on board	overall: 8 7/8 x 39 1/2" (22.5 x 100.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Charles Simon Fund
Art & Project Bulletin #35 Print Acc. 1099.2007.35	1971	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Two Sheepdogs Cross In and Out of the Passing Shadows. The Clouds Drift over the Hill with a Storm Drawing Acc. 578.2011.1	1971	Booklet with pencil and taped silver gelatin prints	overall (closed): 11 × 7 1/4 × 3/8" (28 × 18.4 × 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Two Sheepdogs Cross In and Out of the Passing Shadows. The Clouds Drift over the Hill with a Storm Drawing Acc. 578.2011.2	1971	Booklet, letterpress printed	overall (closed): 11 × 7 1/4 × 3/8" (27.9 × 18.4 × 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Two Sheepdogs Cross In and Out of the Passing Shadows. The Clouds Drift over the Hill with a Storm Drawing Acc. 578.2011.1-2	1971	Two booklets: one with pencil and taped silver gelatin prints, and one letterpress printed	each: 11 x 7 5/16 x 3/8" (28 x 18.5 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
A Walk of Four Hours and Four Circles Drawing Acc. 579.2011	1972	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and pencil on printed map on board	19 5/8 × 17 5/8" (49.8 × 44.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
A Walk of Four Hours and Four Circles Drawing Acc. 580.2011	1972	Presstype on cut-and-pasted paper on printed map with pencil	9 1/2 × 12 5/8" (24.1 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Dartmoor Walks Print Acc. 1059.2007	1972	Screenprint and lithograph, offset printed	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 x 8 1/2" (43.1 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 23 9/16 x 19 5/8" (59.8 x 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
On this Hillside… Drawing Acc. 581.2011	1972	Gelatin silver print, presstype, and pencil on paper	12 1/4 × 9 1/2" (31.1 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Art & Project Bulletin #71 Print Acc. 1099.2007.71	1973	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
From Around a Lake Drawing Acc. 1161.2011	1973	Leaves on paper	11 x 75 1/2" (28 x 191.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Art & Project/Depot VBVR
Art & Project Bulletin #90 Print Acc. 1099.2007.90	1975	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
From Around a Lake Illustrated Book Acc. 593.2013	1975	Artist's book	page (each): 8 1/4 x 3 7/8" (21 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Art & Project Bulletin #99 Print Acc. 1099.2007.99	1976	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Roisin Dubh – A Slow Air Print Acc. 1060.2007.x1-x4	1976	Lithograph	composition: 19 x 28 15/16" (48.2 x 73.5 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 x 30" (50.7 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Two Stone Lines Installation Acc. 526.1987.a-qq	1977	Stone slabs, arranged in two lines, 43 parts	Each line approx. 34' 11" (106.5 cm) long and 28" (71 cm) apart ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 1064.30 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Alba and Francesco Clemente
Cornish Stone Circle Sculpture Acc. 460.1978.a-zz	1978	Stone slabs (Delabole slate), in 52 parts	Overall 19' 8 3/8" (600 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 599.40 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Barbara Jakobson and John R. Jakobson, Junior Council and Anonymous Funds
Four Walks Photograph Acc. 454.2015	1978	Pencil on board	34 3/8 × 48 1/4" (87.3 × 122.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Abramson Collection. Gift of Stephen and Sandra Abramson
River Avon Book Illustrated Book Acc. 687.1981	1979	Artist's book with thirty-four pages stained with mud and water from the River Avon	page (each): 5 7/8 x 5 1/8" (15 x 13 cm); overall: 6 5/16 x 5 1/2 x 1/2" (16 x 14 x 1.3 cm); case: 6 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 9/16" (16.4 x 14 x 1.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston McShine
A Line in Japan Print Acc. 1061.2007	1980	Lithographed poster, offset printed	composition: 17 9/16 x 26" (44.6 x 66 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 34 5/8" (62 x 88 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Art & Project Bulletin #116 Print Acc. 1099.2007.116	1980	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Art & Project Bulletin #128 Print Acc. 1099.2007.128	1982	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Art & Project Bulletin #135 Print Acc. 1099.2007.135	1983	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Twelve Hours Twelve Summits Drawing Acc. 1499.2018	1983	Pencil, colored pencil, topographical map, and press type on paper	33 × 45" (83.8 × 114.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Kilkenny Circle Installation Acc. 188.1996	1984	Stones	8' 10 1/4" (270 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 270.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
River Avon Mud Drawing Drawing Acc. 73.1987	(1986)	Mud on paper	14 1/2 x 9 1/4" (36.9 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara G. Pine
River Avon Mud Drawing Drawing Acc. 74.1987	(1986)	Mud on paper	14 1/2 x 9 1/4" (36.9 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara G. Pine
River Avon Mud Drawing Drawing Acc. 72.1987	(1986)	Mud on paper	14 1/2 x 9 1/4" (36.9 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara G. Pine
A Round of Desert Flowers Audio Acc. 854.2013.162	1987	7-inch vinyl record	dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 118.2002	1987	River Avon mud on paper	44 x 64" (111.8 x 162.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of UBS
Untitled from the portfolio River Avon Mud Drawings Print Acc. 196.1990	(1989)	Photolithograph	composition 25 3/8 x 37 9/16" (64.5 x 95.5 cm) sheet 25 3/8 x 37 9/16" (64 x 95.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Untitled from the portfolio River Avon Mud Drawings Print Acc. 197.1990	(1989)	Photolithograph	composition 25 3/8 x 37 9/16" (64.5 x 95.5 cm) sheet 25 3/8 x 37 9/16" (64 x 95.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
60 Minute Walk Print Acc. 11.1991	1990	Lithograph and screenprint	sl. irreg. composition 60 3/8 x 32 1/16" (153.3 x 81.4 cm) sheet 74 5/16 x 36 1/4" (188 x 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Papers of River Muds Illustrated Book Acc. 73.1996.1-12	1990	Twelve screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 498.1992	1992	Mississippi mud on paper	78 x 43" (198.2 x 109.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Hans Mautner and Agnes Gund
Untitled Print Acc. 40.1995.1-3	1994	Series of three lithographs	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each): 32 1/16 x 20 7/8" (81.5 x 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund
Untitled (D) from an untitled series Print Acc. 40.1995.1	1994	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 5/16 x 13 13/16" (46.5 x 35.1 cm); sheet: 32 1/16 x 20 7/8" (81.5 x 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund
Untitled (E) from an untitled series Print Acc. 40.1995.2	1994	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 9/16 x 11 9/16" (29.4 x 29.4cm); sheet: 32 1/16 x 20 7/8" (81.5 x 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund
Untitled (F) from an untitled series Print Acc. 40.1995.3	1994	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 x 15 13/16" (50.3 x 40.1cm); sheet: 32 1/16 x 20 7/8" (81.5 x 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund
Walking and Sleeping Illustrated Book Acc. 743.2019.a-c	2003	Artist's book with twenty-six pages of letterpress and eleven offset lithographs after photographs	overall (closed): 15 1/4 × 21 1/8 × 3 1/8" (38.7 × 53.7 × 8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of David Teiger