Mr Greene and the White Brigands
ArtistDesigned by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 15.5 x 11.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017477
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It is addressed to Joyce Laing on the reverse and was posted in 1987, shortly after its creation. The card features two paragraph quotations under the heading "Mr Greene and the White Brigands": one by Alfred Cobban from "The History of Modern France" and the other from a London press report relating to the Saint-Just Vigilantes. In a caption along the bottom it purports to have been issued by the Committee for Public Safety, Little Sparta.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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1984
