A definition for Michel Blum
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Datec.1988
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions5.1 x 9.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017449
About MeFolding card with text/poem printed in black ink on the outside front and reverse, which reads:''A definition for Michel Blum
Ambiguous, n. of doubtful meaning. Of doubtful meaning.
Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta''
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.
