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Richard Long  born 1945

Richard Long Cerne Abbas Walk 1975
© Richard Long
Cerne Abbas Walk  1975

Ink, printed text and photograph on map and photograph
support: 724 x 737 mm support: 359 x 537 mm
on paper, unique

Purchased 1976

T02066
This work resulted from a six-day walk in Dorset. The magnified circular portion shows the artist walked within a circle, rather than along a single line.

Attached to the map is a photo of the famous giant cut into the chalky hillside near the Dorset village of Cerne Abbas. The circle was the traditional symbol of fertility rites associated with the giant, which may explain why Long used a circle to structure his walk.
 (From the display caption March 2004)