Wild Roses
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1994
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions13 x 13cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017180
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.Wild Roses recto:
Rove:nautical term meaning led through and fastened (as in the case of a rope)
Refeed:shortened, taken in
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Wild Hawthorn Press
verso:
wild roses
roses/roses/roses/rove/roses/reefed
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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