Monostich
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)
Date1995
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 6 x 12cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017567
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on green card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text: (front)
MONOSTICH
(Inside)
It rains, and the old thatched hut blossoms again
(back)
Restoration of the Goose Hut, Little Sparta. 27/28.8.94.
For Andrew Townsend, and the S.P.A.B. scholars.
Ian Hamilton Finlay. Wild Hawthorn Press. 26.10.94.
This card 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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
