Richard Long
Throwing Snow into a Circle. A Seven Day Walk in the Glärnisch Massif, Switzerland 1991

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Artist Richard Long (British, born 1945)British, born 1945

CultureBritish

Titles

Throwing Snow into a Circle. A Seven Day Walk in the Glärnisch Massif, Switzerland 1991
From the portfolio Dear Stieglitz

Date1994

Place depictedSwitzerland

MediumTri-tone offset print

DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 17 11/16 in. (30.2 × 45 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (40 × 50 cm)

Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2014.13

Not on view

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Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description“The patterns of my
walks are unique and original; they are not like following well-trodden routes
taking travelers from one place to another. I have sometimes climbed around
mountains instead of to the top. I have made walks about slowness, walks about
stones and water. I have made walks within a place as opposed to a linear
journey; walking without feeling,” said Long.

The title of Long’s photograph shown here
indicates that he walked and worked for seven days at the mountain of Glarnisch
Massif in Switzerland, where he created a circle by placing stones and other
debris and throwing snow therein.

Unlike other Land artists, Long does not make drastic or
permanent changes to the landscape. Instead, he rearranges materials from the
surroundings to show the joint creative power of man and nature.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.

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