Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1994
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions10.5 x 5.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017411
About MeFolding card with a series of numbers printed in purple which have an un-even green line running vertically through them. Below this is the title, "Foxglove Digitalis purpurea".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.
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