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Printed cards from the Wild Hawthorn Press

1969–75

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Available online are 45 postcards designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay from 1969 to 1975. Most of the postcards were created in collaboration with other artists and were all printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press, founded by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Jesse McGuffie.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925–2006
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Removed from the ICA archive (TGA 955) as not part of the administrative papers.
Reference
TGA 20012

45 objects in this collection

  • Printed cards from the Wild Hawthorn Press

    45 Objects

Title
Printed cards from the Wild Hawthorn Press
Date
1969–75
Description
Available online are 45 postcards designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay from 1969 to 1975. Most of the postcards were created in collaboration with other artists and were all printed by the Wild Hawthorn Press, founded by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Jesse McGuffie.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 20012

Showing 41–45 of 45 objects

Stonypath Garden and Gallery Series postcard design: ‘Elegiac Inscription’

Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Andrew, Michael McQueen
[1975]
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Stonypath Garden and Gallery Series postcard design: ‘U.S.S. Nautilus’

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1975]
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Stonypath Garden and Gallery Series postcard design: ‘The Great Piece of Turf’

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Michael McQueen
[1975]
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National Flags Series postcard design: ‘Utopia’

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Michael Harvey
[1975]
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‘Sail/Waves 1’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ron Costley
date not known
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