A Revolution
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: 11.1 x 10.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017500
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed inside and out in black and red ink by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text: (outside)
A Proposal for the Celebration
of the Bicentenary
of the French Revolution
Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta: January 1989
(inside)
A REVOLUTION
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.
