- Title:
- "Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat."
- Object name(s):
- Card
- Brief description:
- Card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side (like a postcard) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. On the reverse of the card is Joyce Laing's address, written in Ian Hamilton Finlay's handwriting, and an 18p stamp postmarked 10 May 1988. It features the following text between two horizontal borders of an abstract green camouflage pattern: "Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat." Samuel Taylor Coleridge Translation for out time: "Nature is a storm trooper in a camouflage smock." Ian Hamilton Finlay Wild Hawthorn Press, Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland.
- Collection:
- Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
- Accession date:
- 21/01/2010
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Associated date:
- 1987
- Associated person:
- Ian Hamilton Finlay
- Credit line:
- Presented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
- Current location:
- View by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
- Dimension:
- 12.1 x 15.2cm
- Material:
- card, ink
- Object name:
- Card
- Object number:
- ABDAG017511
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1987
- Date - latest:
- 1987
- Object status:
- Accessioned object
- Responsible department/section:
- Fine Art
- Right type:
- © Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay (2009)
- Text:
- Card designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on one side (like a postcard) by the Wild Hawthorn Press. On the reverse of the card is Joyce Laing's address, written in Ian Hamilton Finlay's handwriting, and an 18p stamp postmarked 10 May 1988. It features the following text between two horizontal borders of an abstract green camouflage pattern: "Nature is the Devil in a fancy waistcoat." Samuel Taylor Coleridge Translation for out time: "Nature is a storm trooper in a camouflage smock." Ian Hamilton Finlay Wild Hawthorn Press, Little Sparta, Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland. 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.
- Text reference number:
- https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/objects/132295
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cfda0ea7-cf71-3936-8561-a20d23e92b43
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cfda0ea7-cf71-3936-8561-a20d23e92b43, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, CC 0
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