"Neoclassicism Needs You"
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
RecipientReceived
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1983
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 16.3 x 13.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017486
About MeCard printed with a reproduction of the famous 1914 British Army recruitment campaign propaganda poster by Alfred Leete. The poster depicts Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War, above the words "WANTS YOU". Here this text has been replaced with "Neoclassicism Needs You." The card is addressed to Joyce Laing and postmarked 26 Mar 1985. The slogan "Join the Saint-Just Vigilantes and see Strathclyde Region" is stamped on the back in blue ink.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.
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