A Proposal for the Grounds of the Serpentine Gallery
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1997
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017605
About MeHardback book co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Maria Simig. Printed and bound by Colin Sackett. The lettering was drawn by Peter Coates and Andrew Whittle. The cover and the map were drawn by Gary Hincks. An edition of 250 copies was published by the Wild Hawthorn Press for the re-opening of the Serpentine Gallery in Autumn 1997.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
