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A Proposal for the Garden of Arthur & Carol Goldberg, West Pound Ridge, in the State of New York 1

Artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)

Associatedwith Pia Maria Simig

Associatedwith Nicholas Sloan (Motherwell, Scotland, born 1951)

Date1994

Mediumprinted ink on card

ClassificationsPrints

Dimensions7 x 15cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017262

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.

A Proposal for the Garden of Arthur & Carol Goldberg
West Pound Ridge, in the State of New York

SOCIETY IS THE CURE FOR PRIDE, AND SOLITUDE FRO VANITY.
H. de Sechelles

Sited betweem a grove of pine trees and
a broad lake, the proposed bench bears
an inscription intended to lay emphasis on the idea of seclusion. Whereas a
conventional artwork exists as an
independent object, the environmental
or garden artwork is incomplete,
perhaps even incomprehensible, apart
from its surroundings.
1.Herault de Sechelles, 1759-1794
Ian Hamilton Finlay, with Pia Maria Simig and Nicholas Sloan
Wild Hawthorn Press 1994
http://www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com/proposals.html