Lights
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1994
Object NameBooklet
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsBooklet: 15 x 7.2 x 0.3cm
Paper : 25 x 20.5cm
Envelope: 12.5 x 21.3cm
Paper : 25 x 20.5cm
Envelope: 12.5 x 21.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017425
About MeBooklet containing printed text. On each page is the prefix "the lights of" followed by the name of an area. The final pages are printed differently ("the lights of Walston shine in the rain") and the back pages explain that Walston is a landlocked village opposite Ian Hamilton Finlay's home. 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.
