Ian Hamilton Finlay

Necktank [collaboration with Michael Harvey]

1973

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Artist: Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925–2006
Medium: Screenprint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 356 x 438 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1981
Reference: P07463

Catalogue entry

P07463 NECKTANK 1973

Not inscribed
Screenprint printed at Girdwood and published by the Wild Hawthorn Press in an edition of about 400, 14×17 1/4 (35.6× 43.8)
Purchased from Coracle Press (Grant-in-Aid) 1981

Made in collaboration with Michael Harvey. The title implies a pun with necktie; this is one of an intermittent series which also includes ‘Catermeringue’.

Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984

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