Little Sparta - Der Garten - The Garden
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Werner J. Hannappel
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1998
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions16.7 x 14 x 1.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017603
About MeHardback book co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Maria Simig, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press to accompany the exhibition "Modern Anitquities" at the Landesmuseum, Mainz, 15 March - 10 May 1998. Contains a concertina binding of black and photographs by Werner J. Hannappel, all of Little Sparta. Edition of 600.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
