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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 Listing of Ian Hamilton Finlay Books / Feine, Bob; Finlay IH., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11751-11969
Scope and Contents

Feine describes in extensive detail an archive of 40 Finlay works that were subsequently purchased by the Sackner Archive. This list is filed under Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Arlington Quadro (Quadlog) / Ernesto M. de Melo e Castro, curator ; Charles Verey, curator ; Houedard DS ; Cutts S ; Finlay IH ; Furnival J ; Lijn L ; Mayer P ; McCarthy C ; Mills S ; Morgan E ; Phillips T ; Sharkey JJ ; Hatherly A ; Cox K ; Cobbing B ; Edmonds T ; Hall J ; Aragao A ; Marques JA ; Breakwell I ; Wells T ; Murphy H., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-26859-27330
Scope and Contents

This is the exhibition catalogue of British and Portuguese concrete poetry and related work held from August to September, 1968. Each book including this one contains an original typing by Cavan McCarthy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Arlington Two , 1967

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-25650-26108
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was organized by the students of Bath Academy of Art to carry out projects proposed by their three teachers, Furnival, Finlay, and Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Arrosoir: A Regeneration / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12110-12334
Scope and Contents

Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The loose sheet enclosed with this card rales against the Strathclyde tax collectors for seizure of Finlay's property from the Temple. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Arrosoir / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-56034-9999486
Scope and Contents

Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The image of the watering can is depicted with a black ribbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Arrow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-13008-13300
Scope and Contents

This card was published on the second anniversary of Strathclyde region's tax collectors assault on the Finlay's Garden Temple. It includes a diagram that demonstrates the making of a paper arrow and tree with the arrow piercing the tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Art Is a Small Adjust-ment / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-38162-40056
Scope and Contents

The title is machine stitched on the bottom of the brown, Scottish wool scarf. A corner of the scarf is folded and tacked down. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Art Is a Small Adjust-ment / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-38162-40056
Scope and Contents

The title is machine stitched on the bottom of the brown, Scottish wool scarf. A corner of the scarf is folded and tacked down. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Art of the Fold: Accordion Publications / Andre C ; Christo ; Close C ; Douglas H ; Stokes A ; Finlay IH ; Hincks G ; Fulton H ; Godard K ; Williams E ; Gomez-Pena G ; Chagoya E ; Rice F ; Heft C ; Indiana G ; Lavater W ; LeWitt S ; Ligorano N ; Reese M ; Maciunas G ; Morrison L ; Ruscha E ; Marclay C ; Spector B ; Wirth K., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-53098-74245
Scope and Contents

This exhibition explores how the accordion fold has been used in the West within a variety of different printed matter contexts with a special emphasis on publications produced by artists from the 1960s onwards. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Art Press Paris, Announces... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12118-12342
Scope and Contents

In this card, that depicts a newspaper ad, Finlay who was criticized by this magazine for Fascist ideas in turn lashes out at Catherine Millet, its editor, by declaring that she exposes Fascist ideology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987