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Les Sans-Culottes
Les Sans-Culottes
Les Sans-Culottes

Les Sans-Culottes

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Printer (founded 1961)
Artist (New York City, New York, USA, born 1949)
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size (when folded): 8.8 x 13.4cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017644.4
About MeFolded card co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Laurie Clark, printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It dates to 1987 and depicts seven poplars in black ink on cream card above the title "Les Sans-Culottes".

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.