Hommage à Rivière

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)

Artist Gary Hincks (born 1949)

Date1998

Object NameCard

Mediumcard, ink

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsPaper Size: 7.6 x 23.8cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017556

About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on the outside by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text:

(front)

C Hommage à Rivière (written on the illustration of a boat)

(back)

Henri Rivière: French painter and printmaker, 1864-1951.
Among his favourite subjects were the 'chaloupes' of
the Breton sardine fishery.
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gary Hincks, 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.
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Where’s the best place to use a small boat? On a Rivière! Finlay recognises the artist Henri Rivière, who was celebrated for his images of boats, a strong sense of line and designing shadow puppets!