Potatocut Robin
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)
Date1990
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 8.9 x 6.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017570
About MeFolding card for Christmas 1990, designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on the white card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text: (front)
potatocut robin
linocut garden fork
wood-engraved tree
Christmas 1990, Little Sparta
(inside)
A handwritten message from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing.
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.
