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Shock Tropes for Little Sparta
Shock Tropes for Little Sparta
Shock Tropes for Little Sparta

Shock Tropes for Little Sparta

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher (founded 1961)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1983
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsUnfolded: 19.6 x 25.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017443
About MeFolded card with the title "Shock Tropes for Little Sparta" printed in black block capitals. The slogan "The Warrant Sale is Not the End of the War: Correspond!" is written horizontaly in red on the left.

Ian Hamilton Finlay sent this copy to Joyce Laing without an envelope, so there are three pieces of blue tack on the right side to hold it shut. A stamp also covers the centre of the two folds.

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.
Third Anniversary of the First Battle of Little Sparta February 4, 1983: "All wars grow mossy"
Third Anniversary of the First Battle of Little Sparta February 4, 1983: "All wars grow mossy"
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
Little Sparta & Kriegsschatz in Paris
Little Sparta & Kriegsschatz in Paris
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
Image Not Available for The Committee of Public Safety Little Sparta, Statement
The Committee of Public Safety Little Sparta, Statement
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
Image Not Available for Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, and the Secularisation of Culture
Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, and the Secularisation of Culture
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
4th Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta: how war flies!
4th Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta: how war flies!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Image Not Available for LITTLE SPARTA IS / A LUCID MOMENT IN / STRATHCLYDE REGION
LITTLE SPARTA IS / A LUCID MOMENT IN / STRATHCLYDE REGION
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
Daddy, What did YOU do in the Little Spartan War?
Daddy, What did YOU do in the Little Spartan War?
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
Image Not Available for Today the region! Tomorrow the world!
Today the region! Tomorrow the world!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
4 October 1983
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
Image Not Available for Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the Director-General of the National Trust; the Arts Editor, The Independent; and the Arts Editor, The Guardian
Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the Director-General of the National Trust; the Arts Editor, The Independent; and the Arts Editor, The Guardian
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Image Not Available for Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Wim Meulenkamp, Robert Cockcroft and "David" and Statement by the Saint-Just Vigilantes
Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Wim Meulenkamp, Robert Cockcroft and "David" and Statement by the Saint-Just Vigilantes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Image Not Available for "Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!"
"Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!"
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1980s
The Provisional Government of Little Sparta is Revolutionary until the Peace
The Provisional Government of Little Sparta is Revolutionary until the Peace
Joyce Laing
1985
Image Not Available for Potted Plants and Dog, Little Sparta
Potted Plants and Dog, Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1995
Image Not Available for Picture of Joyce Laing in Little Sparta
Picture of Joyce Laing in Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1980s
Image Not Available for Beat The Reds with the white wedge correspond!
Beat The Reds with the white wedge correspond!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
25 March 1983
Image Not Available for Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the British Council and the Editor of the Guardian
Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the British Council and the Editor of the Guardian
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
The Desmoulins Connection
The Desmoulins Connection
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Empty Envelopes (20)
Empty Envelopes (20)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985-1998
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1991
On the Second Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple
On the Second Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
Image Not Available for Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!
Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1993
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1991