Order is repetition, as in rat-a-tat
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1989
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 7.3 x 8.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017499
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on the outside in black and red ink by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text: Order is repetition
Committee of Public Safety
as in rat-a-tat
Little Sparta: for Yves Hayat
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.
