5 x 1
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
WriterWritten by
Thomas A Clark
(Greenock, Scotland, born 1944)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1999
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions16 x 11 x 1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017602
About MeHardback book co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Maria Simig, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press on the occasion of the "Variations on Several Themes" at the Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, 26 February - 18 April 1999. Text (concrete poetry) by Thomas A. Clark. Printed by Colin Sackett. Edition of 500.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.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
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