Hedgehog Garden Hint
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
Dimensions10 x 14cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017510
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side (like a postcard) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. On the reverse of the card is Joyce Laing's address, written in Ian Hamilton Finlay's handwriting, and an 18p stamp postmarked 8 June 1988. It features a short poem entitled "Hedgehog Garden Hint": Pick
Michel Blum
petal by
petal
Cf. The Flaying of Marsyas. Michel Blum is an intellectual terrorist, hired by the so-called Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, Paris
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.
