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The Collected Dictionaries: A - Apollo
The Collected Dictionaries: A - Apollo
The Collected Dictionaries: A - Apollo

The Collected Dictionaries: A - Apollo

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Illustrator (born 1949)
Daten.d.
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 15.9 x 4cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017600
About MeBlue card in a bookmark format printed with three dictionary definitions: "Apollo" (as defined by "On The Gods and The World"); "Arcadia" (as defined by "Myths of Greece and Rome"); and "Arrow" (as defined by "The Task"). An illustration by Gary Hincks is printed beneath.

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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1980
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1989