The Provisional Government of Little Sparta is Revolutionary until the Peace
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
SenderSent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1985
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 5.8 x 20.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017452
About MePrinted card which includes "The Wartime Garden", a poem by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Ron Costley; a drawing entitled "Reed Pipe"; and an explanation that the Garden and Garden Temple would be closed during the "Little Sparta's War". Sent by Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing and postmarked 4 June 1985.This 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.
