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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 1–20 of 45 objects

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Point-to-Point postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jim Nicholson
[1969]
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Barges postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Margot Sandeman
[1969]
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‘4 Sails’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Edward Wright, J. W. Lewis
[1969]
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‘A Waterlily Pool’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ian Gardiner
[1970]
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‘A Patch for a Rip-tide: Sail’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1970]
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‘Flags’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Simon Cutts
[1971]
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‘Homage to Donald McGill’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1971]
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‘A Sea Street Anthology’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gloria Wilson
[1971]
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‘Zulu ‘Chieftain’’ postcard design

A. Doyle Moore, Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1971]
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‘A Heart-Shape’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ron Costley
[1971]
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‘Birch-Bark’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Diane Tammes
[1971]
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‘Homage to Walter Reekie’s Ring Netters’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ron Costley
[1972]
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‘Homage to E.A. Hornel’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1972]
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‘Homage to Kahnweiler’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Stuart Barrie
[1972]
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‘Der Tag’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ron Costley
[1972]
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‘Is there a ship named The Wave Sheaf?’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Michael Harvey
[1972]
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‘Iron Ship’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ian Gardiner
[1972]
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‘Homage to Jonathan Williams’ postcard design

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1972]
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Tea-Cards postcard design: ‘Armoured Fighting Vehicle Tea’

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1973]
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Tea-Cards postcard design: ‘Motor Fishing Vessel Tea’

Ian Hamilton Finlay
[1973]
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