'Thing' Poems
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1995
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions9.5 x 6.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017203
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.'THING' POEMS
There is a difference between a poem which
is 'about' a thing and a poem which is a
thing-its own things, but not necessarily
without reference to something else
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
