Richard Long | Walking and Sleeping

Richard Long

Walking and Sleeping

Madrid, Spain: Ivorypress, 2003

24.5 x 70 x 55 cm.

Edition of 58 [+ 2 AP] signed and numbered copies

An artist book comprised of 11 offset lithographs and 22 pages of accompanying text by the artist, with original mud drawing, on handmade paper, the full sheets and with margins, the sheets mounted to a linen concertina and hand-sewn with hemp, the book wrapped in natural canvas, contained in the original wooden box within a grey painted wooden traveling case.

Designed by Long and Herman Lelie, the project was directed by Elena Foster. The letterpress and lithography were made by Francis Atterbury and the boxes were produced by Paul de Bock under Long’s close supervision. The paper was hand-made with straw and stones by Ruscombe Paper Mill especially for the edition and was supervised by Richard Long, who also mixed the inks. 

The work has exhibited in London (Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Britain, London, Whitechapel Gallery), Venice (Palazzo Fortuny) and Madrid (Ivorypress, the publisher). 

An edition of 58, only the first sixteen includes the mud drawing. The remaining forty-two contain a reproduction. There is an artist proof for both versions. 

The title is valued at approximately four to five thousand dollars.