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'For The Temples of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever'
'For The Temples of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever'
'For The Temples of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever'

'For The Temples of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever'

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Artist (1921 - 2000)
Date1995
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions8.3 x 19.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017144
About MeThis work is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made.

A Doric B Ionic C Corinthian D Composite
'FOR THE TEMPLES OF THE GREEKS OUR HOMESICKNESS LASTS FOREVER'

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Exhibitions
Card for the Third Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Raid on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta
Card for the Third Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Raid on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
4th Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta: how war flies!
4th Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta: how war flies!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Temple of Apollo / Saint-Just
Temple of Apollo / Saint-Just
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1984
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1984
On the Second Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple
On the Second Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
Hirtenlied/ Folding the Last Sheep: A Proposal for the Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg
Hirtenlied/ Folding the Last Sheep: A Proposal for the Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
Closed
Closed
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
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Tree Shells
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1971
Purse Seine
Purse Seine
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
creels and creels
creels and creels
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
b oats
b oats
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
The Hanky Sails
The Hanky Sails
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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They Returned Home
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Carvel / Clinker Built
Carvel / Clinker Built
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
Trim Here
Trim Here
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1973
Homage to Walter Reekie’s Ring Netters
Homage to Walter Reekie’s Ring Netters
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996
Citron Bleu
Citron Bleu
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
Lemon
Lemon
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Spray
Spray
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
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IECUI
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
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Wild Roses
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
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Wildflower
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1992
Image Not Available for Harvester PD98
Harvester PD98
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996