Irish Rivers
Long, Richard
Turin. Marco Noire Editore. 1998
An excellent example of Richard Long's large format silkscreen map multiple on vellum.
From the edition limited to 60 copies, each signed and numbered by Richard Long in pencil.
Richard Long's 'Irish Rivers' is just that: a silkscreen map of Ireland, deconstructed entirely, with all terrain, geography and topography excised and retaining only the rivers and loughs. Printed entirely in blue, the rivers and loughs give an alternate sense of Ireland, usually imagined as the emerald isle, as an island of blue. Beneath Long's image is the printed legend iterating the endless cycle of water: 'FROM THE SEA TO THE CLOUDS TO THE RAIN TO THE LAND TO THE RIVERS TO THE SEA'.
The multiple 'Irish Rivers' also relates to a group of works created by Richard Long in the 1990s. Among them are an original drawing in blue pencil of all of the rivers of Ireland, and another drawing, of the rivers of England, Scotland and Wales. Executed too in 1998, both of Long's drawings of rivers feature the same legend as this multiple version as the title beneath, in red for the Irish drawing and in blue for the UK drawings.
From the edition limited to 60 copies, each signed and numbered by Richard Long in pencil.
Richard Long's 'Irish Rivers' is just that: a silkscreen map of Ireland, deconstructed entirely, with all terrain, geography and topography excised and retaining only the rivers and loughs. Printed entirely in blue, the rivers and loughs give an alternate sense of Ireland, usually imagined as the emerald isle, as an island of blue. Beneath Long's image is the printed legend iterating the endless cycle of water: 'FROM THE SEA TO THE CLOUDS TO THE RAIN TO THE LAND TO THE RIVERS TO THE SEA'.
The multiple 'Irish Rivers' also relates to a group of works created by Richard Long in the 1990s. Among them are an original drawing in blue pencil of all of the rivers of Ireland, and another drawing, of the rivers of England, Scotland and Wales. Executed too in 1998, both of Long's drawings of rivers feature the same legend as this multiple version as the title beneath, in red for the Irish drawing and in blue for the UK drawings.
[Single folded leaf]. Tall 8vo. (256 x 128 mm). A single sheet of vellum with original silkscreen in blue and legend in black beneath by Richard Long recto, signed and numbered by Long in pencil at lower right; sheet size: 250 x 118 mm (folded), 1000 x 695 mm (unfolded). Original publisher's green cloth slipcase with title 'IRISH RIVERS' in white and credit 'RICHARD LONG' in red to front cover, matching chemise with flap.
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