Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery

Ian Hamilton Finlay CBE (1925-2006)
Terror/Virtue 1984 cast bronze 5.25 cms
During the 80s The Scottish Gallery enjoyed a productive relationship with Ian Hamilton Finlay. Bill Jackson
was a frequent visitor to Stonypath and many important pieces were sold culminating with the sale of
Nine Columns to the Kunstmuseum in Dusseldorf. The 1981 sandstone piece, carved by John Andrew, had
been displayed at Inverleith House prior to the removal of the SNGMA to Belford Road. It explores the
relationship between antiquity, modernism and the Third Reich. Its sale represented the first piece by Finlay
to enter the collection of a German Museum.
Terror/Virtue is a medal produced for the British Art Medal Society in 1983 in an edition of 43 and is
accompanied by its original box and explanatory text. Our piece is one of a number originally retained by
the artist.
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