A Fragment
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)
Date1988
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 8.2 x 10.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017550
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed in black and red ink by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text on the outside: A FRAGMENT
When bare black hedgerows
Wear white shadows
And the fields without snow
Face the fire:
a rug
Handwritten inside is a Christmas message from the Finlays.
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.
