To All Saint-Just Vigilantes
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 NameChristmas Card
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size (when folded): 10.7 x 8.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017474
About MeFolded card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. Inside it is addressed to Joyce Laing "from Ian & Sue - with much affection". It dates to 1987 and features text that makes reference to the "war" between Ian Hamilton Finlay and Strathclyde Region. It reads as follows:To all Saint-Just-Vigilantes
Happy Christmas
Happy February
Battle
Happy March
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Little Sparta, Christmas 1987
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.
