Little Sparta & Kriegsschatz in Paris
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
AssociatedAssociated with
Eric Fabre Gallery
Date1985
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 10 x 14.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017488
About MePrinted card promoting the "Little Sparta and Kriegsschatz" exhibition, which took place at the Eric Fabre Gallery in Paris from 27 April 1985. The card relates to the Ian Hamilton Finlay stone reliefs that were removed from the Collection of the Scottish Arts Council in the Saint-Just Vigilante raid during the Summer of 1983. They were exhibited under "Trophies of War" in the exhibition and were engraved with "the names of the SAC Council members, and staff, guilty of unbureaucratic behaviour in The Little Spartan War."The card has a black and red print down the left and the slogan "The SAC is now Discovering the Price of Insubordination and Insurrection" is stamped on the back in red ink. It is addressed to Joyce Laing and postmarked 22 Apr 1985.
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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