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When man obeys without being presumed good...

Ian Hamilton Finlay , Artist Wild Hawthorn Press, Little Sparta, Scotland , Publisher
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About the Artwork

When man obeys without being presumed good...

1983

Ian Hamilton Finlay (Artist) Scottish, 1925 - 2006 Wild Hawthorn Press, Little Sparta, Scotland (Publisher)

Offset lithograph

Overall: 8 × 11 1/2 inches (20.3 × 29.2 cm)

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Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2023.468.4

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printed in black ink: WHEN MAN OBEYS | WITHOUT BEING PRESUMED GOOD | THERE IS NEITHER LIBERTY | NOR A NATIVE LAND | LOUIS-ANTOINE SAINT-JUST 1767-1794 printed in red ink: DEATH TO STRATHCLYDE REGION

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Ian Hamilton Finlay, When man obeys without being presumed good..., 1983, offset lithograph. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.468.4.

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