Poster Poem (The Circus)
Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925 - 2006
Summary
A Concrete Poetry work but not about a circus in the expected sense. K47 refers to the number of an Orkney fishing boat known as a 'smack'. Finlay compares it to a pony leaping through a hoop as the boat passes under and above the curve of a rainbow and its reflection on the sea's surface. The green and red blinkers are port and starboard lights.
Object Name
Poster Poem (The Circus)
Creators Name
Date Created
1964
Dimensions
support: 44cm x 56.4cm
accession number
1967.48
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
ink (coloured)
Legal
© By courtesy of the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
