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Trim Here
Trim Here
Trim Here

Trim Here

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1973
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions9 x 20.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017162
About MeThis work is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made.

Trim Here
folding card, cream or grey


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