Abraham and Santa Clara
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Associatedwith
Gary Hincks
(born 1949)
Date1991
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions5.4 x 11.3cm folded
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017275
About MeThis work is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made.ABRAHAM AND SANTA CLARA
'I have seen that Death is a Reaper, who cuts down with his scythe not only the lowly clover, but also the grass that grows tall; I have seen that Death is a Gardener, who does away with the climbing larkspur as well as the violets that creep along the earth; I have seen that Death is a Player, and indeed a naughty one, for he knocks down the skittles and does not set them up again, and he takes the king as well as the pawns; i have seen that Death is a thunderbolt that strikes not only the tumbledown straw huts, but also the splendind houses of monarchs...' Abraham and Santa Clara.
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