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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925-10-28 - 2006-03-27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Homage to the Square, the Blacks, Ian Hamilton Finlay & Marshall McLuhan / Blazek, Douglas; Finlay IH; Albers J; McLuhan M., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-23427-23871
Scope and Contents

Printed on gray paper; the Sackner Archive also has a copy printed on white paper. The image on the inside back cover is a small, hand drawn, black square. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Homage to the Square, the Blacks, Ian Hamilton Finlay & Marshall McLuhan / Blazek, Douglas; Finlay IH; Albers J; McLuhan M., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-23495-23940
Scope and Contents

Printed on white paper. The image on the inside back cover is a small, hand drawn, black square. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Ian Hamilton Finlay and the Wild Hawthorn Press 1958-1991 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Cockburn K., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-11836-12057
Scope and Contents

Includes comments by Finlay on his poem, "Acrobats." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Inter Artes Et Naturan / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Page R ; Bann S ; Sloan N., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-11741-11959
Scope and Contents

The text is printed in blue and red colors that are interwoven, blue for French and red for English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

KY [2] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gunn, Ronald., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-11879-12100
Scope and Contents

KY is the beginning name for a Scottish fishing ship. The letters KY perforate the disc-like shape of this sculpture. It has been photographed adjacent to KY 365 in Finlay's garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Lux Umbra Dei / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12899-13190
Scope and Contents

This depicts a design for a sundial. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Lyres (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Heideken, Carl., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-11262-11477
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a black and white photograph of a stationary, automatic cannon model made by Finlay. It was photographed by Heideken. The caption on the verso taken from Heraclitus provides a definition of the tuning of a lyre that is the title of this poem. By this, Finlay implies the tuning of a weapon of destruction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

National Flags Series: Utopia / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12013-12236
Scope and Contents

The image of the flag is an empty rectangle serving as a metaphor for Utopia according to Finlay where no individual nations exist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975