On view


British, b. 1956
Five Men, Seventeen Days, Fifteen Boulders, One Wall, 2010
Fieldstone
60 in. x 309 ft. x 32 in. (152.4 cm x 94.2 m x 81.3 cm)

© Andy Goldsworthy
Courtesy Galerie Lelong

Photo by Jerry L. Thompson
On the occasion of Storm King’s fiftieth anniversary, in 2010, Goldsworthy and the same team of wallers returned to build Five Men, Seventeen Days, Fifteen Boulders, One Wall in a field that had captured Goldsworthy’s interest upon his first visits to Storm King. Using 250 tons of stones found on the property, Goldsworthy and the wallers altered an existing 309-foot wall over a period of seventeen days. The five men built up a major span of the dilapidated wall while allowing the ends to taper off gently, evoking an ancient ruin. The resulting structure winds around fifteen boulders along a grove of trees. Reflecting on his walls at Storm King, Goldsworthy has noted, “Trees, stone, people—these are the ingredients of the place and the work.” 

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Other works by this artist
Storm King Wall

Storm King Wall, 1997–98