Proem
ArtistDesigned/Sent by
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
ArtistDesigned by
Ron Costley
(Blackburn, England, 1939 - 2015)
RecipientReceived by
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1998
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions15.3 x 10.4 x 1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017606
About MeHardback book co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Ron Costley. Published by the Wild Hawthorn Press. The pages open like a concertina and feature abstract black and white drawings of boats.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
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1987
