Roses and Arrows
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, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 5 x 7.8cm
Note: 5 x 21cm
Envelope: 11 x 22cm
Note: 5 x 21cm
Envelope: 11 x 22cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017591
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text.(front)
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
Gertrude Jekyll
WILD HAWTHORN PRESS
(back)
ARROWS ARE ARROWS ARE ARROWS
HERACLITUS
LITTLE SPARTA
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.
