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Seams

Print
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Screenprint in green depicting a concrete poem. The word 'seams' is split into two parts 'sea' and 'ms' with a small gap between the two parts of the word. This is then printed repeatedly vertically down the page in order to look like a seam on the work.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSeams (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour screenprint
Brief description
Print by Ian Hamilton Finlay, concrete poem entitled 'Seams', screenprint, published by the Wild Hawthorn Press, Dunsyre, 1969
Physical description
Screenprint in green depicting a concrete poem. The word 'seams' is split into two parts 'sea' and 'ms' with a small gap between the two parts of the word. This is then printed repeatedly vertically down the page in order to look like a seam on the work.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 43.6cm
  • Sheet width: 56.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Collection
Accession number
E.2893-1995

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Record createdMarch 31, 2009
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