Trailblazers
DesignerDesigned by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1978
Object NameBook
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions7 x 9.5 x 0.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017564
About MeArtists' book with a pale blue card cover printed with the title and an illustration of an aeroplane. Each page has a drawing of an aeroplane with a caption relating to an artist. The penultimate page features the following text: "Edited by Waterman Arrowbile,* (see cover) with grateful acknowledgements to Mr C Tissiman and his vintage model aircraft plans." The title is printed on the first page above a subtitle ("Put the fun back into flying"). The book has 14 cream paper pages bound with white thread.This book is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor.
Sir Robert Williams
1929
