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Image Not Available for Finlay: portrait of the artist as a non-apologist
Finlay: portrait of the artist as a non-apologist
Image Not Available for Finlay: portrait of the artist as a non-apologist

Finlay: portrait of the artist as a non-apologist

Associated (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher
Writer
Date1989
Object NameNewspaper Article
Mediumnewsprint
ClassificationsMemorabilia
DimensionsPaper Size: 19 x 40cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017359.161
About MeNewspaper article dated 15 June 1989 relating to the French court case wherein Finlay sued those who had accused him of fascism, causing the loss of his commission to design a garden at Versailles commemorating the bicentennial of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

This newspaper cutting is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990
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1988
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
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Artist's Fight Goes to French President
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Artist Issues Demand for French Apology
Artist Issues Demand for French Apology
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for France Won't say Sorry to Finlay
France Won't say Sorry to Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
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SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
DUTHIE
January 1866
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Sir Alan Peacock, Chairman of Scottish Arts Council
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Sir Alan Peacock, Chairman of Scottish Arts Council
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
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BALGAIRN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
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DAMASCUS
Walter Hood & Co.
1857
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Fair deal plea for Scottish artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Art World Fury Mounts Over Decision to Axe Revolution Commision
Art World Fury Mounts Over Decision to Axe Revolution Commision
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to President Mitterrand
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to President Mitterrand
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the Editor of Artension
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the Editor of Artension
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
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GRANITE CITY
Walter Hood & Co.
1853
Image Not Available for Open Letters from Sue Finlay and Ian Hamilton Finlay
Open Letters from Sue Finlay and Ian Hamilton Finlay
Sue Finlay
1988-1989
Image Not Available for Saint-Just's Scottish Connection
Saint-Just's Scottish Connection
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
BONACCORD
BONACCORD
1606
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COLLINGWOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
June 1872
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Dominique Bozo with enclosure of Scottish Television News script and Flashart Supplement Article
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Dominique Bozo with enclosure of Scottish Television News script and Flashart Supplement Article
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988