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Elegiac inscription : Stonypath garden and gallery series

Artists/Creators
Ian Hamilton Finlay (Creator)
Wild Hawthorn Press (Publisher)
Date
1975
ID #
3.1-1.4.0011
Level of Description
Item

Object Description

Item is a black and white photo of an inscribed tablet at Stonypath. Reads "See Poussin Hear Lorrain." Interpreted as an ambivalent signature of an elegiac classical landscape. According to the serenity of the mood, we can view through Poussin's calm or Claude's animation.

Physical Description

Physical Extent
1 card : ill. ; 22 x 15.2 cm.
Material Type
Graphic material, Textual record

History

Collection
Finlay
Credit Line
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