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Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Printer (founded 1961)
Artist
Artist
Date1995
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions12.8 x 13 x 0.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017587
About MeBook with brown cover containing black and white photographs of Ian Hamilton Finlay's works at the garden of Little Sparta. Conceived by Ian Hamilton Finlay. Designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Maria Simig. Photographed in Little Sparta by David Paterson. An edition of 250 copies printed at Christmas 1995. Wild Hawthorn Press.

This book 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.
Little Sparta - Der Garten - The Garden
Little Sparta - Der Garten - The Garden
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Serpentine Gallery
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Serpentine Gallery
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1997
Image Not Available for Artists' Gardens: two contemporary Scottish gardens of ideas
Artists' Gardens: two contemporary Scottish gardens of ideas
Ian Hamilton Finlay
n.d.
Image Not Available for Artists' Gardens: two contemporary Scottish gardens of ideas
Artists' Gardens: two contemporary Scottish gardens of ideas
Ian Hamilton Finlay
n.d.
5 x 1
5 x 1
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
Potatocut Robin
Potatocut Robin
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
Of Flutes & Wild Roses
Of Flutes & Wild Roses
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2003
A Proposal for the Four Sentry Boxes at Schloss Benrath
A Proposal for the Four Sentry Boxes at Schloss Benrath
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2002
To All Saint-Just Vigilantes
To All Saint-Just Vigilantes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Follies: A Little Spartan Guide to the National Trust
Follies: A Little Spartan Guide to the National Trust
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Hedgehog Garden Hint
Hedgehog Garden Hint
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Two Visions
Two Visions
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
"Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat."
"Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat."
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Committee of General Security
Committee of General Security
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Hirtenlied/ Folding the Last Sheep: A Proposal for the Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg
Hirtenlied/ Folding the Last Sheep: A Proposal for the Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Federal Labour Court in Erfurt
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Federal Labour Court in Erfurt
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Louis Treize
Louis Treize
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Waldemar* is the venom in the liberal snake
Waldemar* is the venom in the liberal snake
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Image Not Available for Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the British Council and the Editor of the Guardian
Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the British Council and the Editor of the Guardian
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
"Paris is the sink of all vices..."
"Paris is the sink of all vices..."
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1988
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
Le silence éternel de Checkpoint Sandy
Le silence éternel de Checkpoint Sandy
Joyce Laing
1985
Neun Vorschläge Für Einen Wald (Nine Proposals for a Forest)
Neun Vorschläge Für Einen Wald (Nine Proposals for a Forest)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1994-1995
The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1971