Temple of Apollo / Saint-Just
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1994
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions8 x 6.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017412
About MeFolding card with the painting "Temple of Apollo / Saint-Just" printed on the front. The inside left of the card states the title of the image and there is a poem on the inside right, which reads: "Near the donkeys' fence the rowing boat leaves for the Claude."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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
