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“Who are these men who have no streets named after them?”

Ian Hamilton FINLAY
“Who are these men who have no streets named after them?”
 1987
from Revolutionary pursuits 1987

Medium
lithograph printed in blue 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: "Who are these men / who have no streets / named after them?" / - French person of 1987, on / The Committe of Public Safety, 1974. / Ian Hamilton Finlay "Revolutionary Pursuits" Fondation Cartier 1987

Accession Number
2010.177.5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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