Two Visions
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Stellar Press
AssociatedAssociated with
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1987
Object NamePrint
Mediumlithograph
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 29.6 x 21cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017438
About MeLithographic print entitled "Two visions", which features two definitions of the word "folly": one negative (meaning foolish) and one positive (meaning a delight). The print was conceived by the Saint-Just Vigilantes and printed by the Stellar Press. The purpose and context of the work was to antagonise the National Trust in reaction to "Follies: A National Trust Guide", which contained disparaging comments about the Garden Temple at Little Sparta. Ian Hamilton Finlay's dispute with the National Trust over this publication was known as the "Follies War".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.
