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The Yeatsian Hanky
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The Yeatsian Hanky

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions14.7 x 10cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017188
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.

The Yeatsian Hanky
Come, Yeatsian Hanky, come away,
Come where there' s no Washing-Day
-Where the glide on faery skies
Dim sails dyed with Fairy Dyes
The Hanky Sails
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Closed
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
Purse Seine
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
creels and creels
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
b oats
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Carvel / Clinker Built
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
Trim Here
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1973
Citron Bleu
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
Lemon
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Spray
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Snow Bark
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1979