A Valentine: 14 February
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date2000
Mediumprinted ink on cream card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions10.3 x 5.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017396
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.see also: http://www.ianhamiltonfinlay.com/2000.html
More About Me
Is Finlay providing a cynical interpretation of Valentine's Day through his usual approach of arranging words in a specific pattern that give a visual as well as verbal effect.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
