On the Second Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1985
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsFolding Card: 20.4 x 10.5cm
Envelope: 11 x 22cm
Envelope: 11 x 22cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017444
About MeFolded card printed on only the front and the back. The front has the title and an image of a tree trunk with an arrow shot through it, whilst the back has a template and instructions for making your own tree trunk with an arrow shot through it.The card was sent to Joyce Laing in a brown manila envelope postmarked 15 Mar 85. The slogans, "What is not resolved in language is resolved in blood" and "Black 15th Day of the Drum" are stamped on the envelope.
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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