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Cloth ''ML 20, c.1905''
Cloth ''ML 20, c.1905''
Cloth ''ML 20, c.1905''

Cloth ''ML 20, c.1905''

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Printer (founded 1961)
Artist (born 1949)
Datec. 1997
Object NameCloth
Mediumlinen, ink
ClassificationsTextiles
Dimensions47 x 47cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017595
Other Titles
  • True Vine
About MePrinted textile designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Gary Hincks, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press. There are 3 repeat prints on this almost square piece of natural-coloured linen, each containing the following text in brown pigment, which would appear to be the dimensions of a ship:

71'-''11/2'' x 21'-6'' 8'-0'' ML
c.1905
IHF GH WHP
20

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.
"True Vine" ML 20
"True Vine" ML 20
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1997
Hommage à Rivière
Hommage à Rivière
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
Sanding A Rudder
Sanding A Rudder
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1998
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
From 'Clerihews for Liberals'
From 'Clerihews for Liberals'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Image Not Available for File of Richards Yarn Samples
File of Richards Yarn Samples
Richards
c. 1980
Flakes
Flakes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1993
Image Not Available for Barges
Barges
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c. 1990
Image Not Available for Nature Over Again After Poussin
Nature Over Again After Poussin
Dr Stephen Bann
1980
The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1971
Found Poem: The Mastless Barges
Found Poem: The Mastless Barges
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Serpentine Gallery
A Proposal for the Grounds of the Serpentine Gallery
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1997
Néoclassicisme Révolutionnaire
Néoclassicisme Révolutionnaire
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Néoclassicisme Révolutionnaire
Néoclassicisme Révolutionnaire
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Bicentenary Tricolour
Bicentenary Tricolour
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Detached Sentences On Weather, In The Manner Of William Shenstone
Detached Sentences On Weather, In The Manner Of William Shenstone
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1997
Image Not Available for Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!
Beat the reds with the white wedge: Correspond!
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1993
Blades
Blades
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988-1989
A Proposal for the Four Sentry Boxes at Schloss Benrath
A Proposal for the Four Sentry Boxes at Schloss Benrath
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2002
Image Not Available for File of Richards Yarn Samples
File of Richards Yarn Samples
Richards
c. 1980
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
Image Not Available for Marat Assassiné, Vitruvius/Augustus-Vitruvius/Robespierre, Ideological Accessories
Marat Assassiné, Vitruvius/Augustus-Vitruvius/Robespierre, Ideological Accessories
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1986