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4 Sails

Artists/Creators
Wild Hawthorn Press (Publisher)
Ed Wright (Creator)
Ian Hamilton Finlay (Creator)
Date
ID #
18.0.0.0166
Level of Description
Item

Object Description

Item is a photograph by J.W. Lucas, with poem overlayed. The use of capital letters reminded Finlay of Kurt Schwitters. The Homeric synecdoche of sails to symbolize ships is here used. The capital letters within the adjectives signify ports of origin (KY for Kirkaldy).

Physical Description

Physical Extent
1 postcard : photographic image ; 16.5 x 13.5 cm
Material Type
Graphic material

History

Collection
Concrete Poetry collection
Credit Line
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