Arbre (Tree)
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)
Date1979
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions15.8 x 3.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017534
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features a poem about a tree printed white on green and takes the format of a bookmark.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
