FLEECE. 1964. THE SIXTH PUBLICATION OF FINLAY’S WILDHAWTHORN PRESS.

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964
58 x 46cm, two colour silkscreen on thin paper. The word FLEECE is surrounded by words made up of the last four letters of the word but transposed into new combinations (ECCE/CEEC/ECEC/CECE) much like a covering (a fleece). The colour patterns also create a cross in the middle of the paper – hence along with ECCE (trans. BEHOLD), and the metaphor of sheep which is often used by christians this gives this work a strong religious flavour. The design was by Alister Cant on Bann’s instruction. There are slight condition issues with this print – there is a closed tear on the right (see photograph) and the paper as usual is browned in places (Finlay used cheap paper for most of this earliest prints) – priced thus. Murray: 1.6.