4th Anniversary of Strathclyde Region's Assault on the Garden Temple, Little Sparta: how war flies!
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)
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 14.5 x 11cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017497
About MeCard printed with the image of a marching drum on red card. Below the drum is the date (March 15, 1987) and the title. The card was issued by the Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland. It is addressed on the reverse to Joyce Laing and postmarked 14 March 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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
