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You cannot step into the same Revolution twice

You cannot step into the same Revolution twice
 1987
from Revolutionary pursuits 1987

Medium
lithograph printed in blue ink
Measurements
11.0 × 13.5 cm (comp.) 16.0 × 18.5 cm (sheet)
Printing/Publishing
published by Fondation Cartier
Inscription
printed: You cannot step / into the same Revolution / twice. / Ian Hamilton Finlay Fondation Cartier 1987
Accession Number
2010.177.2
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
© By courtesy of the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display

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