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The Desmoulins Connection
The Desmoulins Connection
The Desmoulins Connection

The Desmoulins Connection

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher (founded 1961)
Date1988
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions4.1 x 10cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017516
About MeNine cards, each a different colour, folded and placed one on top of the other. Each card is printed with the title ("The Desmoulins Connection") and issuer (Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland) as well as a different quote relating to the Saint-Just Vigilantes, The War of the Letter, or The Little Spartan War.

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.
The Desmoulins Connection
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
The Desmoulins Connection
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
The Desmoulins Connection
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Liberal Democracy ...
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
A Favourite Subject of Art.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
2 Prospects
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1984
Mr Greene and the White Brigands
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
To All Saint-Just Vigilantes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Committee of General Security
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
On The Fifth
Joyce Laing
c.1987