Hulls
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)
Date1998
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsBox Set: 10.8 x 10.8 x 2.2cm
Hulls (1): 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.1cm
Hulls (2): 10.5 x 10.5 x 0.6cm
Hulls (1): 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.1cm
Hulls (2): 10.5 x 10.5 x 0.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017609
About MeBox set containing two books - Hulls (1) and Hulls (2) - designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and published by the Wild Hawthorn Press. The pages of Hulls (1) depict the names of ships followed a separate page for each of their hull colours. The pages of Hulls (2) depict only the names of the colours, e.g. "black/red/green". Printed and bound by Colin Sackett in an edition of 250.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.
