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Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer
Image Not Available for Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer

Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer

Associated (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1985
Object NameDust Cover
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsPrinting
DimensionsUnfolded: 28.5 x 64cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017361.6
About MeDust cover for the first edition of Yves Abrioux's "Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer" (Edinburgh: Reaktion Books, 1985). It depicts IHF's work "The Present Order is the Disorder of the Future" - Saint-Just (1983), stone, with Nicholas Sloan (photograph by David Paterson).

This dust cover is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor.