In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
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- Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925–2006
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 280 x 418 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1981
- Reference
- P07464
Catalogue entry
P07464 GOURD 1975
Inscribed (on folder) ‘Ian Hamilton Finlay’ and ‘13’
Screenprint printed at PKM Studio and published by the Wild Hawthorn Press in an edition of 350, 11×16 1/2 (28×41.8)
Purchased from Coracle Press (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
Made in collaboration with Ron Costley. The image presents a ship in section with aeroplanes inside it like seeds in a gourd.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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