Waldemar* is the venom in the liberal snake
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
AssociatedAssociated with
National Trust
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 8 x 14cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017493
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It dates to 1987 and features the following text: Waldemar* is the venom in the liberal snake
*Waldemar Januszczack, art critic of The Guardian
Little Sparta: Sans-Culottes Against the Jeunesse Doree
It has been addressed on the reverse to Joyce Laing at her home address in Ian Hamilton Finlay's handwriting and has an 18p stamp affixed. It is postmarked 22 July 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.
