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Ventose
Ventose
Ventose

Ventose

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher (founded 1961)
Date1991
Object NameCard
Mediumcard, ink
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions20.9 x 10cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017651
Other Titles
  • Pastorales
About MePrivate view invitation printed with the Ian Hamilton Finlay work, "Ventose", featuring a colour etching of an engraved spade lodged in the ground. (The sculptural version of this work is in the Tate Modern collection.) On the reverse are details of the opening of "Pastorales", an exhibition featuring Finlay's work which ran from 6 October to 3 November 1991 at the Overbeck-Gesellschaft in Germany.

This object is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
Definitions
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1991
Bicentenary Tricolour
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989