Wordsworth/Wadsworth
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Artist
Jim Downie
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1977
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions8 x 16.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017537
About MeCard co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Jim Downie, printed on one side (like a postcard) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the names "Wordswoth" and "Wadsworth" beneath two clashing patterns in turquoise and grey: one of overlapping circles, the other of zigzags.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
c.1987
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
