Printed cards from the Wild Hawthorn Press

1969–75

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 21–40 of 45 objects

45 objects in this collection

Showing 21–40 of 45 objects

Tea-Cards postcard design: ‘Old Age Pensioners Tea’

‘Homage to Victor Sylvester’ postcard design

‘Bath Roundels’ postcard design

‘Homage to Pop Art’ postcard design

‘Mower is less’ postcard design

Weapon Series postcard design: ‘O’Erlikon’

‘Landscape/Interior’ postcard design

National Flags Series postcard design: ‘Arcadia’

National Flags Series postcard design: ‘Cythera’

Weapons Series postcard design: ‘Homage to Max Bill’

The Mexican Navy postcard design

Flotte de pêche postcard design

National Flags Series postcard design: ‘Valhalla’

‘The Divided Meadows of Aphrodite’ postcard design

‘Panzer am Waldrande’ postcard design

‘Sail’ postcard design

‘Marine Prototypes’ postcard design

Weapons series postcard design: ‘Cherry Stones’

‘Rotkehlchen’ postcard design

‘Lullaby’ postcard design

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