And Even As She Fled..............
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
AssociatedAssociated with
Joyce Laing
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Artistwith
John R. Nash
(Vermont, USA, born 1938)
Date1987
Mediumlithograph
ClassificationsPrints
Dimensions43 x 56cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2012 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017734.2
About MeAND EVEN AS SHE FLED/THE REPUBLIC CHARMED HIM/
THE WIND BLEW HER GARMENTS/
AND HER HAIR STREAMED LOOSE/
SO FLEW THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY/
AND THE SHY REPUBLIC-/
HE ON THE WINGS OF LOVE/
AND SHE ON THOSE OF FEAR/
OVID The Metamorphoses, Book I, Fable XII . IPOTESI/
Saint-Just & L'Antiquité . PATER Apollo in Picardy/
WITTKOWER Bernini . MIGNET Histoire de/
la Révolution Française.
