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One of Wild Hawthorn Press' most
popular publications is Fleur de l'Air: A Garden
in Provence by Ian Hamilton Finlay. In the last ten years of his life, Finlay
created Fleur de l'Air, a garden set into
the sunny hills of Provence. Finlay installed about 40 of his artworks,
most of which were specially commissioned for this garden. He was also
asked to advise on the planting of allees, orchards of fruit trees, the
re-establishment of terraces of lavender and rosemary plantations and
the introduction of working bee-hives.
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The book contains 128 pages and 76 b/w photographs taken
with a pinhole camera by the German photographer Volkmar Herre. The camera
obscura captures the images in a subtle way, revealing the garden and the
artworks in a particularly 'magical' manner. Professor
of the History and Theory of Landscape at the University of Philadelphia,
wrote the Introduction to the book, and Ian's friend and poet, ,
wrote a short paragraph about each artwork in the garden. |

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This garden is not open to the public and
can only be visited via the book 'Fleur de
l'Air: A Garden in Provence by Ian Hamilton Finlay', which documents
and captures the spirit of the place and of Finlay's works.
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Fleur de l'Air is
available from Wild Hawthorn Press @ £45.00
plus P&P. |
UK cost inc. P&P :
£55.00 per book |
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Europe cost inc. P&P :
£60.00 per book |
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North America cost inc P&P :
£70.00 per book |
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