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Christmas 1985
Christmas 1985
Christmas 1985

Christmas 1985

Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Sender (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1985
Object NameChristmas Card
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsCard Unfolded: 9.4 x 40.7cm
Envelope: 10.1 x 22.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017451
About MeChristmas card entitled "Christmas 1985". The front is blank but printed on the inside right are two poems: "Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. 6" by Louis Zukofsky and "Uncollected Embers" by Ian Hamilton Finlay. The inside left has a Christmas message from the Finlays. Sent by Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing in a brown manila envelope postmarked 13 Dec 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.
Somewhere in the wood was shining the little red lantern of Christmas...
Somewhere in the wood was shining the little red lantern of Christmas...
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1986
Potatocut Robin
Potatocut Robin
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
Month of the Pocket Battleship
Month of the Pocket Battleship
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1984
Le silence éternel de Checkpoint Sandy
Le silence éternel de Checkpoint Sandy
Joyce Laing
1985
The Provisional Government of Little Sparta is Revolutionary until the Peace
The Provisional Government of Little Sparta is Revolutionary until the Peace
Joyce Laing
1985
Image Not Available for Copy of Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Mr. Baird
Copy of Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Mr. Baird
Joyce Laing
1983
Image Not Available for Correspondence Related to the Cancellation of Ian Hamilton Finlay's Commission for the Bicentenary of the French Revolution
Correspondence Related to the Cancellation of Ian Hamilton Finlay's Commission for the Bicentenary of the French Revolution
Joyce Laing
1988
To All Saint-Just Vigilantes
To All Saint-Just Vigilantes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Image Not Available for Copy of a Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Morton Fraser Milligan, Solicitors
Copy of a Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Morton Fraser Milligan, Solicitors
Joyce Laing
1994
A Fragment
A Fragment
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Of Flutes & Wild Roses
Of Flutes & Wild Roses
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2003
Unsigned
Unsigned
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for Two Horizons
Two Horizons
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Swans in Winter
Swans in Winter
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1992
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1993
Old Thames Barges
Old Thames Barges
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1993
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1993
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1991
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1991
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1991
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1991
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1984
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1993