I sing for the muses and myself
1990
Medium
two fold-out folios with typeset text and illustrations, presented within letterpress envelope
Measurements
21.0 × 14.5 cm (folded) 21.0 × 57.7 cm (unfolded) (each folio) 17.7 × 25.5 cm (envelope)
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
Edition
ed. 3/40
Printing/Publishing
published by Longhouse, Vermont and Morning Star Publications, Edinburgh; printed by Lutton Press, Edinburgh
Inscription
signed in ink on colophon: Ian Hamilton Finlay 4/30
'I sing for the Muses and myself' / Published b y Longhouse (itals) October 1990, as volume 4 of the Scout Series. / Edited and designed by Alec Finlay, Morning Star Publications, in collaboration with Bob and Susan Arnold, Longhouse, and Ian Hamilton Finlay, Wild Hawthorn Press. / Typeset by Scotland's Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh University. / Printed on Five Seasons Recycled Paper by The Lutton Press, Edinburgh. / An edition of 400 copies, including 30 copies signed by Ian Hamilton Finlay, shared between our two houses: / Bob and Susan Arnold, Longhouse, Green River, Jacksonville Stage, Battlebro, Vermont 05301, USA / Alec Finlay, Morning Star Publications, 14 Clerk Stream, Edinburgh EH8 9HX, Scotland.
Accession Number
2010.210.a-c
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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