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Sanding A Rudder

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: 10.7 x 7.7cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017572

About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It has an illustration on the front and the text inside, which reads:

(inside)

for Ian Stephen and Graham Rich

sanding a rudder
sawing a rudder

painting a rudder
patching a rudder

sealing a rudder
shipping a rudder

writing a rudder

(back)

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Gary Hincks
Wild Hawthorn Press

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.
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