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The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens
The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens
The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens

The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Printer (founded 1961)
Artist
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 12.7 x 10cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017473
About MeCard co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Mark Stewart, printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It dates to 1987 and depicts two images drawn freehand in italic pen: a spade crossing a minnow net and a fishing rod crossing a gun. These images accompany the following text, which is handwritten in the same pen: "The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens is that the lobby of the former holds a toy spade and a minnow-net and that of the latter a fishing rod and a gun." The text and images are printed in red onto brown card.

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.