If the Garden were not a Republic........
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Artist
Mark Stewart
Date1993
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions11.5 x 10.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017415
About MeFolding card with a watercolour of a watering can printed on the front and the following text printed beneath: "If the garden were not a republic the watering-can would be king".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.
