Ian Hamilton Finlay
Spiral Binding
Little Sparta, Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1972
closed: 45.5 x 18.3 cm., open: 45.5 x 27.5 cm.
Edition of 70 signed and numbered copies
Screen-printed (in both blue and orange) at PKM Studio, this work is one of several collaborations with typographer Ron Costley.
"During the 1960s, Ron’s friend, Stephen Bann, introduced him to the artist and writer Ian Hamilton Finlay, who was then living in a remote bothy with earth floors and no electricity in a field in south Lanarkshire. Through his vision it would eventually become the eccentric, surreal and romantic garden estate of Little Sparta.
The pair had an instant rapport, and for the remainder of Finlay’s life they collaborated with many other artists and friends to realise a magical landscape in the inhospitable climate and terrain of the Scottish borders. Ron’s love of gardening, lettering and sculpture struck a chord with Finlay, and much of the flavour and beauty of Little Sparta today derives from Ron’s artistic flair: a key piece is the lifesize flat metal sculpture of the running Apollo and Daphne, for which Ron drew the designs."
- Iain Stevenson, the Guardian
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