Richard Long: career timeline
British · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 33 of 43 lots (77% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | $28.9kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1980s | 11 | 9 | $7.5kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1990s | 11 | 10 | $7.6kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 5 | 4 | $9.8kSign up | Other |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | $8.7kSign up | Etching |
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1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $28.9kSign up
- Average
- $28.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 33.5 × 48 in (86 × 121 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1976 A Day's Walk on Honshu$5.3kSign up
1978 African Walk$52.5kSign up
1980s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $7.5kSign up
- Average
- $29.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 37.5 in (64 × 95 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Mixed media (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (5)
1981 Small Delabole Spiral$97.4kSign up
1982 Cornwall, Devon, Somerset Avon Mud Circles$7.5kSign up
1982 White Marble Circle$131kSign up
1983 UntitledUnsold
1983 Light Snow Sleeping Place$11.5kSign up
1984 Light Winds$9.8kSign up
1984 River Avon Mud DrawingsResult not published
1989 River Avon Mud Drawings$2.5kSign up
1989 Ohne Titel (Aus: River Avon Mud Drawings)$846Sign up
1989 Untitled (from the River Avon Mud Drawings portfolio)$1.1kSign up
1989 River Avon Mud Drawings$3.3kSign up
1990s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $7.6kSign up
- Average
- $27.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 24.5 in (67 × 63 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Other (4), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1990 Black Dust Hand Line$504Sign up
1990 Somerset Turf Circle$87.5kSign up
1990 Mud Drawing$13.8kSign up
1991 Ohne Titel$68.3kSign up
1992 Pendeli Marble Line$78.6kSign up
1992 Untitled (mud drawing)$8.1kSign up
1994 Untitled (A ,B ,C - Horizontal)$1.7kSign up
1994 Untitled (D, E, F - Vertical)$4kSign up
1994 Rock Drawings: An Eight Day Walk in the Rimrock Area of the Mojave Desert Southern CaliforniaUnsold
1998 Untitled$7kSign up
1998 River Avon Mud Drawings, from Sequences$2.9kSign up
2000s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $9.8kSign up
- Average
- $12.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 21.5 in (39 × 54 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Photograph (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 UntitledUnsold
2002 Snow Line (A Six Day Walk in the Swiss Alps)$11.9kSign up
2003 Walking and Sleeping$7.8kSign up
2005 Untitled$24.4kSign up
2006 Untitled$6.9kSign up
2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $8.7kSign up
- Average
- $9.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 55 × 45 in (140 × 114 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (2), Other (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
2010 Untitled$13kSign up
2012 Untitled$11.1kSign up
2014 The Lark in the Clear Air$6.4kSign up
2014 Hickory Wind$6.4kSign up
Creation date not recorded
10 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $482Sign up
- Average
- $599Sign up
- Typical size
- 34 × 27.5 in (86 × 69 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2015 Ohne Titel (Afrika)$923Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$392Sign up
sold 2019 Africa Footprints$482Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Richard Long auction results →