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Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006)

Fisherman's Cross (sculptor Henry Cline), date unknown

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Featured above are two of Finlay's early concrete works. His interest in text as object was later manifested in his life project, Little Sparta a garden that features 'plaques, benches, headstones, obelisks, planters, bridges and tree-column bases' inscribed with language. Finlay and family lived and worked on the farm and garden bringing mythology, philosophy and poetry to the landscape; a synthesis of nature and culture through everyday routine.