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Blue Water's Bark
Blue Water's Bark
Blue Water's Bark

Blue Water's Bark

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher (founded 1961)
Artist (Blackburn, England, 1939 - 2015)
Date1979
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 numberABDAG017420
Keywords
About MeFolding card with "Blue Water's Bark" printed in cream on a blue strip. This work comes from the series "Epicurus at Chatou", a collaboration between Ron Costley and Ian Hamilton Finlay.

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.
More About Me
Artist, poet and philosopher, the art of Ian Hamilton Finlay mined language and words to create visual works. Probably his best-known work is his garden, Little Sparta, located near Edinburgh.
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