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A Tree of Liberty
A Tree of Liberty
A Tree of Liberty

A Tree of Liberty

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Printer (founded 1961)
Date1990
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 23.6 x 15.9cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017592
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text along with an illustration of tree adorned with hanging padlocks:

A Tree of Liberty

planted by Jack Lang, Yves Jouffa, Michel Blum, Francois Leotard,
Dominique Bozo, Catherine Millet, Myriam Solomon, Yves Hayat.

Committee of Public Safety, 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.
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