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A Patch for a Rip-tide: Sail
A Patch for a Rip-tide: Sail
A Patch for a Rip-tide: Sail

A Patch for a Rip-tide: Sail

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Mediumpostcard
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions11.5 x 16.4cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017345
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. This postcard by the artist was included in a folder of Ian Hamilton Finlay memorabilia relating to boats.



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Ian Hamilton Finlay combines visual art and poetry to create playful puns in his thought-provoking works. This postcard is an example of this. How would you decorate a blank postcard?
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Is there a ship named the Wave Sheaf?
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Wildflower: A Mean Term Between Revolution and Virtue
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'A Calm in a Tea-Cup' After Kate Greenaway
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Ocean Hunter - 30 Signatures to Silver Catches
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Image Not Available for Plover Plower
Plover Plower
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Image Not Available for Postcard of 'A Suit of Sails for Ian Hamilton Finlay'
Postcard of 'A Suit of Sails for Ian Hamilton Finlay'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2002
Oak/Bark/Boat
Oak/Bark/Boat
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Autumn
Autumn
Ian Hamilton Finlay
n.d.
Image Not Available for A corner of the Garden Temple, Little Sparta, after Strathclyde Region's Budget Day Raid
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
12 July 1983
Proem
Proem
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Federal Labour Court in Erfurt
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Federal Labour Court in Erfurt
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Image Not Available for Evening Will Come, They Will Sew the Blue Sail
Evening Will Come, They Will Sew the Blue Sail
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1991
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
Image Not Available for Les Femmes de la Révolution after Anselm Kiefer
Les Femmes de la Révolution after Anselm Kiefer
Ian Hamilton Finlay
18 August 1992
Untitled
Untitled
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
"Paris is the sink of all vices..."
"Paris is the sink of all vices..."
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1988
Das Gepflügte Land / The Fluted Land
Das Gepflügte Land / The Fluted Land
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1998
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996
'Don't cast your Revolutions before swine.'
'Don't cast your Revolutions before swine.'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
'Spare The Blade and spoil The Factions.'
'Spare The Blade and spoil The Factions.'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
'Don't put all your heads in one basket.'
'Don't put all your heads in one basket.'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Curfew Curlew - from ’35 One-Word Poems’
Curfew Curlew - from ’35 One-Word Poems’
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1982