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Plough-red Harrow-red Loeb-red
Plough-red Harrow-red Loeb-red
Plough-red Harrow-red Loeb-red

Plough-red Harrow-red Loeb-red

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Printer (founded 1961)
Date1998
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 5.5 x 21cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017555
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on both sides by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text:

(front)

pough-red harrow-red Loeb-red

(back)

The Loeb edition of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics
has a bright red dustcover
Ian Hamilton Finlay Wild Hawthorn Press

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.
Hirtenlied/ Folding the Last Sheep: A Proposal for the Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg
Hirtenlied/ Folding the Last Sheep: A Proposal for the Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
Hesiod: An Epigram on the Common Fisheries Policy
Hesiod: An Epigram on the Common Fisheries Policy
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1996
Image Not Available for "Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!"
"Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!"
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1980s
Image Not Available for Beat The Reds - Send in NEDS
Beat The Reds - Send in NEDS
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Image Not Available for Beat The Reds with the white wedge correspond!
Beat The Reds with the white wedge correspond!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
25 March 1983
Blades
Blades
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988-1989
Image Not Available for Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!
Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1993
Saint-Just Vigilantes celebrate a direct hit on elements of the Headley and Meulenkamp Division of The National Trust
Saint-Just Vigilantes celebrate a direct hit on elements of the Headley and Meulenkamp Division of The National Trust
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
"Paris is the sink of all vices..."
"Paris is the sink of all vices..."
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1988
A Fragment
A Fragment
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
"Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat."
"Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat."
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Echoes Series
Echoes Series
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2009
Fact Card 1
Fact Card 1
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
When the world took to tolerance it took to crime (Repatriate Waldemar)
When the world took to tolerance it took to crime (Repatriate Waldemar)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
'But pleasures are like poppies spread'
'But pleasures are like poppies spread'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Oak/Bark/Boat
Oak/Bark/Boat
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Hommage à Rivière
Hommage à Rivière
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Monostich
Monostich
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Longing
Longing
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
JUG
JUG
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
From 'Clerihews for Liberals'
From 'Clerihews for Liberals'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens
The difference between a house by Voysey and a house by Lutyens
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1971
Imprisoned in every Italian battleship, an espress machine is wildly signalling to be let out.
Imprisoned in every Italian battleship, an espress machine is wildly signalling to be let out.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1987