Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer
AssociatedAssociated with
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
AuthorWritten by
Yves Abrioux
PublisherPublished by
Reaktion Books
Date1985
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrinting
Dimensions28.5 x 22 x 2.3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017361.7
About MeHardback book with dust cover, 246pp. First edition of Yves Abrioux's "Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer" (Edinburgh: Reaktion Books, 1985). It depicts Ian Hamilton Finlay's work "The Present Order is the Disorder of the Future" - Saint-Just (1983), stone, with Nicholas Sloan (photograph by David Paterson).This book is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor.
