Bicentenary Tricolour
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Artist
Gary Hincks
(born 1949)
Date1989
Object NameLithograph
Mediumlithograph
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 40.8 x 52.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017528.1
About MeLithograph designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay with Gary Hincks, relating to his commission for the bicentenary celebration of the French Revolution. It features a print of the French national flag with words ''LIBERTY FOR SOME'', ''EQUALITY FOR SOME'' and ''FRATERNITY WITH SOME''. There is a hand-written note by the artist on the reverse.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.
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