A Classic Monostich
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Datec.1994
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions5.5 x 14.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017430
About MeFolding blue card with "A Classic Monostich" written on the front. Both the inside pages of the card have large blue text typed across them. When open they read "Schooner, sail your snows to the pole".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
1999
