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1995

Artist

Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay

Britain's leading concrete poet and a distinguished artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay produced work that encompassed prints, books, sculpture, installation, and landscape design, marrying literature, mythology, and the classical tradition. He is well known for his word art, poetry, and text carved into stone or transformed into neon signs and recurring references like Virgil, seafaring culture, the French Revolution, and World War II. Finlay revived the concept of the poet's garden with his best-known work Little Sparta, the classical garden he built in the 1960s with arrangements of natural, sculptural, and poetic elements, including ponds, temples, inscriptions, and sundials.

Nassau, Bahamas

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La Révolution devrait faire pour le peuple ce que le Cubisme a fait pour le couteau, la fourchette et la cuillère

La Révolution devrait faire pour le peuple ce que le Cubisme a fait pour le couteau, la fourchette et la cuillère

1998 · Screenprint on paper

WW-1998-216037
Viala

Viala

1994 · Offset lithograph

WW-1994-M053781
Heraclitean Variations

Heraclitean Variations

1994 · Offset lithograph

WW-1994-M053828
The Revolution

The Revolution

1994 · Offset lithograph

WW-1994-M053769
A Dream Is Always the Sentiment

A Dream Is Always the Sentiment

1993 · Offset lithograph

WW-1993-M053734
A Formal Pool for Stockwood Park, Luton

A Formal Pool for Stockwood Park, Luton

1992 · Lithograph on paper

WW-1992-215624

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1995
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Artist

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

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