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In the first chapters of the Revolution when the ribbons were still on the haycocks...

Ian Hamilton FINLAY
In the first chapters of the Revolution when the ribbons were still on the haycocks...
 1987
from Revolutionary pursuits 1987

Medium
lithograph printed in red 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: In the first chapters / of the Revolution / when the ribbons / were still on the haycocks... / Ian Hamilton Finlay "Revolutionary Pursuits" Fondation Cartier 1987

Accession Number
2010.177.8

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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