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Blades

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)

Date1988-1989

Object NameCard

Mediumcard, ink

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsPaper Size: 8.8 x 8cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017502

About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side in red ink (white text with red background) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It is folded six times and features six separate texts, each framed within the illustration of a blade:

Blades

for Michel Blum
Jonathan Hirschfeld
Yves Hayat

wholesome
machine
(Heine)

hard-edged
abstractionist

lanterne
of reason

it draws a
sharp distinction
between the beautiful
and the sublime

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Wild Hawthorn Press

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.