Flakes
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)
IllustratorIllustrated by
Gary Hincks
(born 1949)
Date1990
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions7.5 x 7.5 x 0.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017607
About MePaperback book co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Gary Hincks, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press. Finlay's poems are printed on the right pages with watercolour illustrations by Hincks on the facing pages.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
