IAN HAMILTON FINLAY - Bibliophile Publications from the Collection of Wilfried Wynants

(c)scan: M HKA, Antwerp

Two Scythes, 1990

Print , 28.2 x 23 cm
ink on paper

In Two Scythes (1990), Ian Hamilton Finlay presents the symbols of communism and death with the Nazi SS symbol, apparently equating the potential fascist manifestations and consequences of communism with that of nazism, simply by merging the symbols of each political movement.