Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Title:
Little Sparta : der Garten = the garden.
Alternate Title(s):
Little Sparta : the garden
Published / Created:
[Dunsyre, Lanark, Scotland] : Wild Hawthorn Press for the Landesmuseum, c1998.
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([62] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 16 cm. x 390 cm. folded to 16 cm. x 13 cm. in boards 17 cm. x 14 cm. + suppl. (39 p. : plan ; 15 cm.).
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.F45 L58 1998
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Maria Simig

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.

"The photographs of Little Sparta, garden of the poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, were taken by Werner J. Hannappel. The publication was conceived by Pia Maria Simig and Ian Hamilton Finlay, for the exhibition 'Modern Antiquities,' at the Landesmuseum Mainz, March 15-May 10, 1998"--Colophon.

Includes supplement (39 p.), "Begleittext zur Ausstellung."

Edition limited to 600 copies.

Title on supplement: Ian Hamilton Finlay, modern antiquities.

A continuous leaf of plates printed on one side, folded accordion style ; map on lining paper.

BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect; lacks supplement.
Exhibition History:
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Gardens -- Scotland -- Dunsyre. | Little Sparta (Dunsyre, Scotland) -- Pictorial works. | Sculpture gardens -- Scotland. | Landscape architecture -- Scotland. | Sculptors -- Scotland. | Wild Hawthorn Press -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain
Contributors:
Hannappel, Werner. | Simig, Pia Maria. | Landesmuseum Mainz. | Wild Hawthorn Press.