© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Column to Drum
Artist: Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006)
Location: Marischal Museum
Date: 1990
Materials: sandstone
Dimensions: 30.3 x 39cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £54,000)
Vendor: Ingleby Gallery
Review number: 5816 (2006)
Provenance:
The artist.
Description:
This work depicts the gradual change of a classical pillar of antiquity into the marching drum of the Revolution. Finlay's work often refers to the French Revolution and this piece was inspired by a quote from Saint Just, 'The world has been empty since the Romans'. The suggestion is that everything started to go wrong in Roman times and that the clear thinking Revolutionary must look further back to find his way forward.
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