Reap the SAC Faction
1985
Print, 27.9 x 18.4 cm.
Materials: print; ink on paper
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. 4.85.2).
This lithograph Reap the SAC Faction, Join the Saint-Just Vigilantes is printed in black and red with a large hook around it. Below this are a series of 20 names, such as Professor Jan McDonald, Charles Gallacher, Professor Isi Metzstein, all of whom where members of the Scottish Arts Council in 1985.
Ian Hamilton Finlay sent a copy to Joyce Laing in a brown manila envelope postmarked 14 June 1985. The artist was a personal friend and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made. The slogan "Saint-Just Vigilantes Slip the Black Spot to the SAC Twenty Two" was stamped on the front of the envelope in blue ink.
