A Favourite Subject of Art.
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
AssociatedAssociated with
National Trust
Date1987
Object NamePlace Card
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsCard, unfolded: 7.9 x 9.3cm
Envelope: 9.5 x 14cm
Envelope: 9.5 x 14cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017434
About MeSet of three folding place cards, each identical, with printed text on both sides that reads as follows:A Favourite Subject of Art.
Headley and Meulenkamp are being flayed alive -
Cape and The National Trust
are growing ass-ears.
SAINT-JUST VIGILANTES
Zettel-Edition 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.