Ian Hamilton Finlay Little Sparta and Collaborations, Photographs by Robin Gillanders (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Between 1993 and 2006, Robin Gillanders made photographs of Ian Hamilton Finlays garden, Little Sparta at Stonypath near Biggar in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Throughout that period, he also collaborated with Finlay on several of his artists books, posters, and cards, and they gradually became close friends, up until Finlays death in 2006.As a Concrete Poet, Finlay is widely recognised as one of the most significant artists in the UK in the mid to late 20th Century, while art historian Sir Roy Strong has said of Little Sparta that it is "the only really original garden made in this country since 1945". Acclaimed photographer Robin Gillanders collaborated with artist/poet Ian Hamilton Finlay from 1993 up until his death in 2006. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.