Of Flutes & Wild Roses
ArtistDesigned by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
ArtistDesigned by
Nicholas Sloan
(Motherwell, Scotland, born 1951)
Date2003
Object NameChristmas Card
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size (card when folded): 10 x 14.5cm
Insert: 12.4 x 7cm
Envelope: 11.2 x 16.2cm
Insert: 12.4 x 7cm
Envelope: 11.2 x 16.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017485
About MeFolded card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Nicholas Sloan, printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. The back is dated Christmas 2003 and the front has a printed image of Rousseau's tomb in the garden at Little Sparta plus a caption. It was sent by the artist in an envelope addressed to Joyce Laing, postmarked 19 Dec 2003 ("from Ian" is handwritten inside). Inserted within the card are nine copies of a small print entitled "Ex Libres" bearing the image of trees and a tomb with the heading "Superior gardens are composed of Glooms & Solitudes and not of plants & trees" printed above.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.
More About Me
Finlay's interest in the interplay of verbal and visual language can produce unexpected word combinations and suggest hidden meanings.
Sir Robert Williams
1929
