Monostich for the French Election
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: 10.3 x 15cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017503
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text: 'MONOSTICH FOR THE FRENCH ELECTION
To Catherine Millet
Le Pen est dans le jardin avec ma tante
Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland'
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.
