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For the best of the Jacobins the revolution was intended as a pastoral whose Virgil was Rousseau

Ian Hamilton FINLAY
For the best of the Jacobins the revolution was intended as a pastoral whose Virgil was Rousseau
 1987
from Revolutionary pursuits 1987

Medium
lithograph printed in green ink

Measurements
11.0 × 13.5 cm (comp.) 16.0 × 18.5 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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Printing/Publishing
published by Fondation Cartier

Inscription
printed: For the best of the Jacobins / the Revolution was intended / as a pastoral whose / Virgil was Rousseau. / Ian Hamilton Finlay "Revolutionary Pursuits"

Accession Number
2010.177.1

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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