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After Basho
After Basho
After Basho

After Basho

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Printer (founded 1961)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Date1988
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 13.4 x 8.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017495
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It dates to 1988 and features the following text:

old pond
Frog pontificating
plop

for Michel Blum,
Ligue des Droits de l'Homme

Little Sparta, 1988

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.