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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:

Wild Hawthorn Weapons Series: Saint-Just Vigilantes Celebrate a Direct Hit / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12137-12361
Scope and Contents

Image refers to Finlay's disagreement with Headley and Meulenkamp of the National Trust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Wildflower: A Mean Term between Revolution and Virtue / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-10936-11148
Scope and Contents

This work deals with the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Wildflower, n., A Mean Term between Virtue and Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11073-11288
Scope and Contents

The title signifies the ambiguity of the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Willow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12495-12722
Scope and Contents

The poem is printed as a single or two letter vertical arrangement on a green background, viz., "tree leaved with mists." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Willow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12497-12724
Scope and Contents

The poem is printed as a single or two letter vertical arrangement on a green background, viz., "tree leaved with mists." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Wind in Ripe Barley / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42860-44901
Scope and Contents

The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks appears to be a scene taken from Finlay's Little Sparta garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Windjammer / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Fidler, Martin., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12052-12276
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts the ouline of a propeller driven airplane. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Windmills Enter Arms Race / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Willcocks, Jonathan; Furnival J., 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12407-12633
Scope and Contents

This is a varient copy of a print with the same title in Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The overlaid text in this print as well as the colors differ from the print in the portfolio. The finished print has words printed in blue and bluish-purple and the varient copy is printed in green and light blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Windmills Winding Waters / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-10813-11023
Scope and Contents

Each word of the title is printed in white on a red background, one word to each leaf. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Window / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12954-13246
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an impressionist painting of a seascape by P.W. Steer with scattered small whitecaps on the waves. The latter serve as a metaphor for the "Window" in this context which signifies the tin foil strips scattered from aircraft to confuse enemy radar during WW II. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Wood Notes Wild: Essays on the Poetry and Art of Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12921-13213
Scope and Contents

The prior published essays in this book, edited by Ian Hamilton Finlay's son, present a comprehensive survey of his father's poetry and art, from 1958 to 1995. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Woods and Seas / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1980

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Identifier: CC-13287-13588
Scope and Contents

The words "bark," "barque" and "baroque" are printed one to a page along with a small illustration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Wordsworth Wadsworth / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Downie, Jim., 1977

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Identifier: CC-11268-11483
Scope and Contents The curve lines and jagged bars images on a dark green background that Finlay has drawn related to Wordsworth and Longfellow, respectively are difficult to interpret and probably not biographical in nature as follows below. According to to Roberto Rabe (internet), "probably the best loved of American poets the world over is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Many of his lines are as familiar to us as rhymes from Mother Goose or the words of nursery songs learned in early childhood. Like these rhymes and melodies, they remain in the memory and accompany us through life. There are two reasons for the popularity and significance of Longfellow's poetry. First, he had the gift of easy rhyme. He wrote poetry as a bird sings, with natural grace and melody. Read or heard once or twice, his rhyme and meters cling to the mind long after the sense may be forgotten." According to The Literature Network (internet), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet, credited with ushering in the English...
Dates: 1977

Work In Progress on Bridge Piers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stirling, Annet; Berman, Brenda., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-12210-12434
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a color photograph on its verso of a calligraphically carved stone sculpture being sited near a bridge in Glasgow and a photographic reproduction of an abstract expressionist painting by Vladimit Kokolia on its recto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990