A Proposal for the Four Sentry Boxes at Schloss Benrath
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Artist
Pia Maria Simig
Artist
Nicholas Sloan
(Motherwell, Scotland, born 1951)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date2002
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions21 x 14.7 x 0.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017649
About MePrinted card co-designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Pia Maria Simig and Nicholas Sloan, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features a fold-out card wallet containing four loose card inserts, each printed with the text of a proposed plaque for attachment to the four sentry boxes at Schloss Benrath. The four texts are entitled: Neoclassical Statuary, Neoclassical Thaumaturgy, Classical Biography and Classical Warfare. Schloss Benrath is a Rococo maison de plaisance near Düsseldorf, Germany. The card wallet contains explanations of the texts, a small map of the grounds at Schloss Benrath and an artist's impression of a finished sentry box complete with plaque.This object is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1999
George Washington Wilson
17th century
