'And How Many Divisions Has Arcady?'
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Artist
John Borg Manduca
(Malta, born 1934)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Datec.1978
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions10.5 x 14.9cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017536
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side (like a postcard) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features a green tank on the front. The back of the card bears the title and an explanation that the work was a collaboration between Ian Hamilton Finlay and John Borg Manduca. It also has a handwritten note from Sue Finlay to Joyce Laing informing her of a forthcoming Saint-Just Vigilantes demonstration against the SAC.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.
