May 22, 2003 - Sale 1972

Sale 1972 - Lot 280

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WILD HAWTHORN PRESS. Archive comprising 14 volumes and 28 pieces of ephemera. Various sizes, various bindings. Limited Editions. Mostly fine condition. A few Signed or Inscribed by Ian Hamilton Finlay. Edinburgh (Little Sparta), mostly 1990s

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A nice group of works by Concrete Poet, designer, printer, artist Finlay and his Wild Hawthorn Press. Works include: Six Proposals for the Improvement of Stockwood Park Nurseries in the Borough of Luton. 1/250. 1985 Ian Hamilton Finlay & The Wild Hawthorn Press: A Catalogue Raisonné. 1990 Highlights: A Homage to André Derain. 1/250. 1997 5x1. 1/500. 1999 A Book of Wildflowers. 1/250. 1994. Among ephemera are mostly Christmas cards, exhibition pamphlets, postcards.