‘SPARE THE BLADE AND SPOIL THE FACTIONS”. 1988.

Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, n.d. (1988)
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp. Announcement card with a work by Finlay from the group of works known as the “Picabia Series” – here ‘SPARE THE BLADE AND SPOIL THE FACTIONS”. The exhibition was of the work of the surrealist and dadaist Picabia but the museum decided to use Finlay’s work as publicity for the show (and the work was exhibited along side the various woRKS from the turn of the century and 1920s.). One of three different cards issued at the same time. Murray has this as an artist’s postcard in his catalogue raisonne – but it clearly is not. VG+.