Gateway to a Grove by Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) is a print work depicting a text description on one side that provides definition for the gateway design on the right side. The gateway design is done with precise linework and minimal shading, characteristic of a blueprint style. There is poetry on each side column motif, with the dated years 1627 and 1985 on the top of the arch. 

This lithograph was created in collaboration with Michael Harvey, and is part of the 'Garden Proposals' series which focused on neoclassical garden design and combining poetry via text, art, and landscapes altogether. Finlay had a love for poetry and was a well known poet in his own right, and often combined elements of poetry either directly or indirectly into his artwork. 

Ian Hamilton Finlay CBE, 1925-2006

Although he studied at Glasgow School of Art, Finlay’s first creative success was as a writer. His discovery of concrete poetry in the 1960s was a major breakthrough in his practice and he began to produce booklets, posters, and wall-mounted works combining text and form. Major works of conceptual sculpture using text were produced by craftsmen to his specifications. Drawing on ideas from classical philosophy and the French Revolution, he began to exhibit widely and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1985. His garden at Little Sparta in the Pentland Hills, begun in 1966 and now looked after by a trust, is considered to be the finest manifestation of his work.