"Fishing News" News
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Artist
Margot Sandeman
(Glasgow, Scotland, 1922 - 2009)
AssociatedAssociated with
Fishing News (Books) Ltd
Date1970
Object NameCard
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions15.9 x 10.2 x 0.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017427
About MeConcertina card printed on both sides in various colours with headlines from Fishing News, which was published every Friday. Accompanying the headlines are illustrations by Margot Sandeman and a page acknowledging Fishing News. There are also two colour photocopies of this card (front and back) made by Joyce Laing for archival/display purposes.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.
