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Medium
lithographs printed in black and red ink
Measurements
(1) 11.8 × 28.7 cm (comp.) 20.9 × 29.8 cm (sheet)
(2) 9.0 × 23.1 cm (comp.) 20.8 × 29.7 cm (sheet)
(3) 13.0 × 23.1 cm (comp.) 20.8 × 29.8 cm (sheet)
(4) 8.8 × 27.1 cm (comp.) 20.8 × 29.8 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Murray, Mooney & Finlay 5.82
Printing/Publishing
published by Wild Hawthorn Press
Inscription
(1) printed in red ink: TO BE A HERO / IT IS NOT ENOUGH / TO WRITE TO BUREAUCRACY TWICE
printed in ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
(2) printed in red ink: TERROR IS THE PIETY / OF THE REVOLUTION
printed in black ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
(3) printed in red ink: FREEDOM OF SPEECH / IS NOT FREEDOM TO SPEAK / IT IS THE FREEDOM / TO DISCUSS
printed in ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
(4) printed in red ink: TO CEASE TO BELIEVE IN OTHERS / IS AN IMPERMISSABLE LUXURY
printed in ink: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: DETACHED SENTENCES ON REVOLUTION / THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: LITTLE SPARTA
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.c.: 1983
Accession Number
2010.168.1-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Grazia Gunn through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display