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Dialogue -LEY
Dialogue -LEY
Dialogue -LEY

Dialogue -LEY

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Printer (founded 1961)
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 11.5 x 14.1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017471
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It is addressed to Joyce Laing and was evidently posted in 1987, shortly after its creation. The card is an attack on Gwyn Headley, the author of "Follies, A National Trust Guide", and uses wordplay and an image of a gallows to insinuate her beheading.

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.
Head of Gwyn Headley
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Head-ley
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Justice for the Fat Stupid Kids
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Barr* Le Traitre Lis Ta Sentence.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
A Favourite Subject of Art.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
The National Trust
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Sticker for Victory
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Sticker for Victory
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Menu à la Carte
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Head of Waldemar Januszczak
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Dim Wim in his Crazy Windmill
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
He was the first schoolmaster ...
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
February 4. Nothing!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Mr Greene and the White Brigands
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987