Butterfly Garden
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Associatedwith
George L Thomson
(Scotland, 1916 - 2001)
Associatedwith
Ivy Sky Rutzky
Date1979
Mediumpen, ink & card, paper envelope
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions18.9 x 12.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017365
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.The work comprises: an envelope illustrated with a twig with buds (in green) which has a label attached to it (in brown) with the word 'Butterfly'. The illustration is entitled Butterfly Garden. The envelope contains thirteen tags made of yellow card, with a hole at one end and the word 'Butterfly' in either brown or green, and in varying styles. Thirteen small string ties are also enclosed, of fine, white silky cotton (or possibly silk), also one small folded card with an image of a Red Admiral butterfly on its front, printed inside:
A Red
Admiral
or
A.B.
and on the back of the card:
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ivy Sky Rutzky
Wild Hawthorn Press
this booklet not listed at http://www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com/Booklets.html
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Butterfly Garden £40.00
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
