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The Poor Fisherman
Image Not Available for The Poor Fisherman

The Poor Fisherman

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1991
Mediumprinted ink on paper and card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions21.5 x 19.1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017258
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.

Image Not Available for Private View invitation to 'The Poor Fisherman: Ian Hamilton Finlay - Homage to Puvis de Chavannes', Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Private View invitation to 'The Poor Fisherman: Ian Hamilton Finlay - Homage to Puvis de Chavannes', Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Ian Hamilton Finlay
9 August 1988
Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Alphabet
Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Alphabet
Ian Hamilton Finlay
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Huff Lane
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2000
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Reef Ropes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996
Image Not Available for Images From The Arcadian Dream Garden
Images From The Arcadian Dream Garden
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1992
Image Not Available for A Book of Wild Flowers
A Book of Wild Flowers
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
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Painting by Numbers
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1997
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Three Gates
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996
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Reef Points
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996
Image Not Available for A Pretty Kettle of Fish
A Pretty Kettle of Fish
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1974
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2 Constellations for a Column
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
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Tree Shells
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1971
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Picpus
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for Untitled (A Frayed Edge) Wall Text Series
Untitled (A Frayed Edge) Wall Text Series
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for Untitled (Part of a Plank) Wall Text Series
Untitled (Part of a Plank) Wall Text Series
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for Echoes Series - The Inscriptions
Echoes Series - The Inscriptions
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
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3 Stitches
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1991
Image Not Available for Jacobin Definitions
Jacobin Definitions
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1991
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Sackcloth
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1991
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Apples
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for A Colourful Little Boat
A Colourful Little Boat
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
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Detatched Sentences on Friendship
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1991
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Exchanges
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
Image Not Available for Sackcloth
Sackcloth
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c. 1987-89