Bois D'Amour ('Le Talisman') / Homage to Serusier
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)
Date1978
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsCard, Folded: 20.1 x 16.5cm
Paper Insert: 19.9 x 16.3cm
Paper Insert: 19.9 x 16.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017533
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press, comprising a folded cream card with the title printed front and back in black and a loose sheet of blue (lavender) paper inside, with the words 'Lavender-Water' printed along the bottom edge.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
1999
