Ian Hamilton Finlay and Augusto de Campos

Stunning standing poem card by Ian Hamilton Finlay. n.d. (1965). Printed dark brown and blue on yellow/beige stock. 25 x 25 cm. Folded on both sides allowing the card to stand. The images depict an apple (or other fruit?) which metamorphoses into a heart, complimented with the emerging word LOVE. A similar card is 'Standing Poem 2 (Apple/Heart)' from 1965. In mint condition.

+ Herman Damen (Deman). 'For Ian Hamilton Finlay'. Printed napkin with red apples and hearts titled 'love during the dessert', signed in pencil, 1967. + Augusto de Campos, Cidade City Cité. Edinburgh, Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964. Single sheet folded in two. 20 x 25 cm. Features a single line concrete poem. The fifth publication by Finlay's Press and part of his introduction of South American concrete poets to the English speaking world. Browning especially on front and back page, yet a special item. (total 3)