28 Jul LITTLE DRUMMER BOY. 1971. ONE OF ONLY 70 COPIES.
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 19781
76.4 × 69.2cm, red and black on white silkscreen large print. A drawing of a schooner by Ron Costley shows the reef knots of the typical schooner sails - which remind one of the side decorations of the drum of the martyred boy-revolutionary Joseph Barra. The red also reflects his uniform. This is the first reference we know of to the French revolution in Finlay's work - a theme that became much more central in the 80s. This is one of Finlay's most rare editioned works - only 70 copies were made.
The image we have used here is from a publication - the print we hold is framed in wood and glass and hard to image without reflections - but the work is in VG+ condition.
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