Arrow
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1994
Mediumprinted ink on card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions9 x 9cm folded
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017289
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.Arrow, n. a heart-
seeling missile
'I am the god of
song and the lyre.
My arrows fly true
to the mark; but
alas! an arrow more
fatal than mine
has pierced my
heart!'
Bulfinch, Myths
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