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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1990 Collections and/or Records:

Archive for Torso Carrier, Amphora, Stove and Gnoman / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John., 1973 - 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-12773-13039
Scope and Contents In an Oct 1973 letter to John Andrew, Finlay begins by clearing up details on the gnomon in the Dividing the Light Sundial project. He then describes Torso Aircraft Carrier & refers to photographs of a wooden torso carrier which had been made in collabora with John Thorpe. He proposes two projects to Andrew, one made in stone as essentially a variation on the wooden version and a sequel titled the Archaic Carrier by using material of rough, crumbled or pitted stone, an Archaic fragment. In Oct 1973, Finlay acknowledges receipt of drawings for the bronze medals from Andrew but is dissatisfied with them, drops this project, and indicates that he wants to restrict his collaboration to the Aircraft Carrier Torso project. He mentions that he intends to site the piece in his front garden beside the Aircraft Carrier Bird-Bath and requests that a light-colored stone be utilized for its fabrication. He states that he will send Andrew a drawing, model airplanes and references (none of...
Dates: 1973 - 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Trailblazers Booklet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Tissiman, Colin., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-61395-68356
Scope and Contents

The medallion with this title is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Trailblazers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Tissiman, C.; Warhol A; Cutts S; Schwitters K; Corman C; Beckett S; Roth D., 1975

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Identifier: CC-12577-12809
Scope and Contents

The small drawings of airplanes with typed captions were done by Tissiman who signed the perforated page from which the drawings were cut. The drawings in turn were taped to each page in the booklet. The single page in Finlay's handwriting lists the text for the pages of the booklet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Transformable Line Segments / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Button, David; Harvey, Micheal., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-61236-61265
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Trombone Carrier / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12031-12254
Scope and Contents

The drawing depicts an oil tanker ship on translucent paper which has been glued to heavy papercard stock. Both typed and handwritten text are present on verso as layout instructions. The drawing has been perforated to accomodate one metal paperclip which is of smaller size than the finished card. The card in this Archive has only three paperclips in contrast to the final version which has four of them. The two nonperforated cards were probably part of an overrun. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Twin Quick-Firing Fountain / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1974

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Identifier: CC-61171-61218
Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Ulysses Was Here / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1977

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Identifier: CC-61259-61366
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Unda as Wall / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hogg, Douglas., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-61311-61197
Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for U.S. Navy Dept. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Pauker, John., 1975

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Identifier: CC-61341-61264
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Venus of the Hours / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1974

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Identifier: CC-61270-61199
Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Vin Tabac Poesie / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Grant, Peter., 1977

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Identifier: CC-61290-68351
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Wave Rock as Triptych and Arbre (Tree) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Thomson, George L.., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-61387-68355
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Wave Rock as Wee Wooden Triptych, Lemons, H)our Lady, Mower is Less and The Seas Waves / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Thorpe, John R.., 1977

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Identifier: CC-61300-61338
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Wave/Rock Project/Bridge for Scottish Arts Council / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1972 - 1974

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Identifier: CC-12850-13137
Scope and Contents Finlay begins this project in Jan-Feb 1972 with a letter to M. Harvey explaining that he wants to redo Wave/Rock for Stonypath, first constructed and then destroyed for the park at Dunfernline. He supplies a sketch for its placement. Then there ensues a correspondence from members of S.A.C. (Dunbar, Buchanan) to Finlay about funding this project and Finlay's comments. From July-Aug 1972, Finlay expresses disappointment with the Scottish Arts Council response siting for the sculpture mentioning his failed Zulu film project. In Aug 1972, Finlay contacts Harvey to make the drawing for Wave/Rock & provides detailed instructions for a concrete bridge, 16 feet in length with letters incised into tiles. Harvey responds to this directive in September. Finlay receives the drawing and notes variance with his instructions that must be corrected. This does not appear to be a major problem. In Sep, Murray writes Finlay about its fabrication. The correspondence between Finlay and Buchanan of...
Dates: 1972 - 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for WH Art Test / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1975

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Identifier: CC-62307-61273
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Who Owned the Last Norfolk Wherry / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1974

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Identifier: CC-12803-13090
Scope and Contents

The stapled pages consist of Finlay's handwritten text and drawing of the Norfolk Wherry, a type of sailing ship. The maquette with calligraphic, printed letterforms and a drawing of a Norfolk Wherry was made by Michael Harvey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Windflower Brooch / Windflower Medal / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Cherry, Norman; Harvey, Micheal., 1973 - 1975

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Identifier: CC-12799-13086
Scope and Contents In Nov 1973, Finlay writes to Norman Cherry, a jewelry designer in Kelso about a project for making a brooch from a poem, "Windflower," a little mauve colored flower that trembles in the wind. This poem had been written for the Stuttgart Max Plank project. He requests that the brooch adapted from his poem should be made with material that undulates with movement of one who is wearing it and structured with letters 'pretty in themselves.' He indicates that the long "f" makes a natural stem for the brooch. Cherry replies in Dec 1973 with a suggestion for suspending the letters rather than using a single strip of metal as Finlay suggested. This solution is unsatisfactory to Finlay who provides further ideas. In Jan 1974, Cherry writes to Finlay that a new idea appears to lead to a workable solution and describes how the brooch will be made of almost paper thinness silver. In May-June, Finlay & Cherry exchange letters on progress of making the brooch in this manner and Finlay...
Dates: 1973 - 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Wooden Sundial / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael; Thorpe, John R.., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12668-12909
Scope and Contents

Finlay provides instructions to John Thorpe, a woodcarver, for making a wooden sundial at Stonypath. He also explains the poem that he has written after Claudel, the French poet, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith. The poem was supposed to be written on a fan with fan its first word, but in Finlay's version "fan" is eliminated since the dial itself is fanlike. The poem begins, viz., "Poems written upon the breath" (metaphor for breeze). Harvey's letters deal with the drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Wordsworth/Wadsworth Card / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Torok, Karl; Downie, Jim., 1975

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Identifier: CC-61284-68077
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Yamato Drawing / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Downie, Jim., 1976

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Identifier: CC-61333-61297
Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

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