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He Spoke Like An Axe, Barère On Saint-Just
He Spoke Like An Axe, Barère On Saint-Just
He Spoke Like An Axe, Barère On Saint-Just

He Spoke Like An Axe, Barère On Saint-Just

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher (founded 1961)
Date1984
Object NameFolding Card
Mediumink, card
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size (Folded): 6.4 x 20.9cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017637
About MeFolding card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Richard Healy and printed on white card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. The front has an illustration of a black axe and has a message open printed inside, which reads ''He Spoke Like An Axe, Barère On Saint-Just''.

This card is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
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1988
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1993
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1986
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1987
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1987
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1981
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2009
Hommage à Rivière
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1998
Monostich
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1995
Longing
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1995
JUG
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1995
He was the first schoolmaster ...
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1987
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1998
Roses and Arrows
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1990
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1987