'But pleasures are like poppies spread'
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
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsFolded: 8.5 x 12.7cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017507
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay, printed on one side and folded (like a greetings card) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features an image of marching Nazi soldiers and the following text: 'But pleasures are like poppies spread'
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Roehm's Brown
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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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1987
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
