Mon, Franz. (Ian Hamilton Finlay, publisher) — Epitaph Für Konrad Bayer 1964

Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964. Broadside in 2 colors. 57 x 43 cm.( Murray 1.7) The German artist Franz Mon (*1926) is well known for his works out of writings and counts to one of the most important representatives of the "Concrete Poetry" and "Visual Poetry". Franz Mons „ Epitaph für Konrad Bayer" (CP, S. 126) assoziiert eine Bedeutung zwischen ,non' (= nichts),Not' und ,tot'. Ian Hamilton Finlay (28 October 1925 - 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist, and gardener. He briefly attended Glasgow School of Art and first made his reputation as a writer, publishing short stories and plays in the 1950s. In 1961 he founded the Wild Hawthorn Press with Jessie McGuffie and within a few years had established himself internationally as Britain's foremost concrete poet. .