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Sonnet No.5
Sonnet No.5
Sonnet No.5

Sonnet No.5

Artist (Glasgow, Scotland, 1922 - 2009)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Datec. 1980
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 18.5 x 17.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Giles Sutherland © Margot Sandeman
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017585
About MeCard printed with poems by Giles Sutherland and drawings by Margot Sanderman, published by the Morning Star Publications. The text begins

Sonnet No. 5

Viking, North Uitsera, South Uitsera...
Names coming up on me out of darkness

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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1969
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1852
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1990
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1990
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c.1995
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VENDAVAL
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27 December 1928
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1986
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1990s
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August 1867
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1892
Found Poem: The Mastless Barges
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917