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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1991 Collections and/or Records:

Untitled: Wall Text Series [A Frayed Edg] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12936-13228
Scope and Contents

The text reads " A Frayed Edg - A Worn Edg - A Faint Edg - A Warped Edg." The absent letter 'e' in edge refers to the modifying adjectives. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Untitled: Wall Text Series [A Line of Foam] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12934-13226
Scope and Contents

The text reads "A line of foam along an empty shore." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Untitled: Wall Text Series [Letters and Numbers] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12935-13227
Scope and Contents

The text reads "Letters and numbers seen in reverse through a sail." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Untitled: Wall Text Series [Some Flakes of Snow] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12933-13225
Scope and Contents

The text reads "Some flakes of snow stirred by the wing of a pigeon." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Ventose , 1991

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-12511-12738
Scope and Contents

Depicts a shovel labeled Ventose on its blade with a landscape in the background. The Finlay bibliographies differ as to its tirage 250 or 75 but it is more likely 250. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Verzamelde Werken; Een Hommage aan Ulises Carrion / Moeglin-Delcroix A ; Bleus G ; Finlay IH ; Kocman JH ; Carrion U ; Hofstra S ; Waanders H., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-00795-814
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was curated by John Deumans. Anne Moeglin-Delcroix contributed an essay on contemporary artist-collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Village / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35241-36975
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a black and white drawing of a village scene by the German Fauve painter, Gabriele Munter and the poem with a declaration of the color of the houses along with a pun. The poem reads, red houses - yellow houses - blue houses - greenhouses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Visitor / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35287-37021
Scope and Contents

The image on the cover is a row boat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Voysey Stile / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-10987-11200
Scope and Contents

The word 'stile' in the caption refers to a framing panel design for furniture. Voysey was an architect whose work Finlay disliked. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Waldemar Is the Venom / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12145-12369
Scope and Contents

The text on this card reads, "Waldemir is the venom in the liberal snake." Waldemar refers to Waldemar Januszczack, the art critic of the Guardian newspaper, who was opposed to Finlay's commission proposal for the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Waldwachsende Blumen auf den Ehrentempeln Konigsplatz Munchen / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Simig, Pia Maria ; Eyres P., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-29709-31084
Scope and Contents

The book begins with a chronology listing Hitler's rise to power and the relation of the building in Munich called Ehrentempel. The end papers consist of a photograph of the building. The right sided pages depict drawings of wild flowers, the left sided the names of the flowers. The pamphlet, written by Patrick Eyres in German, is a critical text about Finlay's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Wall Text Series: Untitled [Part of a Plank...] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12960-13252
Scope and Contents

The theme deals with nautical terms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995