A Woodland Flute
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Artist
Ron Costley
(Blackburn, England, 1939 - 2015)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PrinterPrinted by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1960-1982
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions15.3 x 10.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017539
About MeInteractive card co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Ron Costley, printed in green and white on one side (like a postcard) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features an instruction "to play" the postcard, as though it were a flute: "cover all the letters except U, using te index finger of each hand". The words listed on the card, each containing the letter "u", are as follows: BETULA, PENDULA, CARPINUS, BETULUS, VIBURNUM, OPULUS, POPULUS, TREMULA, PRUNUS.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.
1924 -1949
Qing Dynasty, possibly 19th century
1841
1760 - 1770
