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Ian Hamilton Finlay Posters

Ian Hamilton Finlay Posters
 1983
set of 4

Medium
lithographs printed in black and red ink
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Grazia Gunn through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
lithographs printed in black and red ink
Measurements
(1) 11.8 × 28.7 cm (comp.) 20.9 × 29.8 cm (sheet)
(2) 9.0 × 23.1 cm (comp.) 20.8 × 29.7 cm (sheet)
(3) 13.0 × 23.1 cm (comp.) 20.8 × 29.8 cm (sheet)
(4) 8.8 × 27.1 cm (comp.) 20.8 × 29.8 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Murray, Mooney & Finlay 5.82
Printing/Publishing
published by Wild Hawthorn Press
Inscription
(1) printed in red ink: TO BE A HERO / IT IS NOT ENOUGH / TO WRITE TO BUREAUCRACY TWICE
printed in ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
(2) printed in red ink: TERROR IS THE PIETY / OF THE REVOLUTION
printed in black ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
(3) printed in red ink: FREEDOM OF SPEECH / IS NOT FREEDOM TO SPEAK / IT IS THE FREEDOM / TO DISCUSS
printed in ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
(4) printed in red ink: TO CEASE TO BELIEVE IN OTHERS / IS AN IMPERMISSABLE LUXURY
printed in ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
Accession Number
2010.168.1-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Grazia Gunn through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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