A proposal for the Furka Pass, Switzerland
1987
Medium
lithograph on paper
Measurements
31.0 × 21.5 cm (comp.) 35.0 × 27.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Grazia Gunn through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
© By courtesy of the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Murray, Mooney & Finlay 6.23
Edition
edition of 200
Printing/Publishing
published by Wild Hawthorn Press
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: APROPOSAL FOR THE FURKA PASS, / SWITZERLAND 1987 / The Swiss artist Hodler's signature, inscribed on a stone, / is photographed in an Alpine landscape at the Furka pass / (extensive printed text titled "FROM A POINT OF VIEW" by Wouter Weijers, interspersed with three images)
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: This proposal was designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and illustrated by Kathleen Lindsley / AN EDITION OF 200 COPIES, PUBLISHED BY THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS, LITTLE SPARTA, / DUNSYRE, LANARK, SCOTLAND
Accession Number
2010.207
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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