Card for the Third Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Raid on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta
ArtistDesigned by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1986
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 12.5 x 8.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017491
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It dates to 1986 and is printed in green and black with text on both sides: the front has a border of scrolls and a paragraph of text within, which is a quote from Blunt's "The Paintings of Poussin"; the reverse has a statement to commemorate the third anniversary (15 March 1983) of the day that Strathclyde Regional Council removed works from Little Sparta in lieu of unpaid business rates. It takes the form of a status update, revealing that no progress has been made towards retrieving the "stolen" works. The card is issued by the committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta.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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
