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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:

Artists Fall Foul of Parisian Cultural Cabal / Marnham, Patrick; Finlay IH., 1989

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Identifier: CC-05927-6039
Scope and Contents

Article discusses France's cancellation of Ian Hamilton Finlay's contract to design a garden in Versailles, accusing him of anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Arts diary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-57803-10001055
Scope and Contents

Deals with Finlay's legal action against the French government because the French press claimed Finlay was an anti-semite and Nazi sympathiser. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

At the Field's Edge (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11897-12119
Scope and Contents

The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary hut." The poem is printed on the bottom of the back page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

At the Field's Edge (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11902-12124
Scope and Contents

The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary Hut." This copy is neither signed nor numbered and probably represents an acceptable proof copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

At the Field's Edge (3) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11903-12125
Scope and Contents

The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary Hut." The drawing is structured over a Finlay work "sea ms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

At the Field's Edge (4) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1976

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Identifier: CC-11901-12123
Scope and Contents

The text is Finlay's instructions for the production of "At the Field's Edge." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

At the ICA, Selections from Four Very Different Collections / Sozanski, Edward J.; Seille G; Phillips T; Finlay IH; Sackner RK; Sackner MA., 1993

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Identifier: CC-02647-2690
Scope and Contents

This review of Personal Choice: Selections from Four Alumni Collections states that "the Sackner section, installed on the second floor of the ICA, is the most intellectually challenging part of the show." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

At the ICA, Selections from Four Very Differt Collections / Sozanski, Edward J.; Phillips T; Finlay IH; Seille G; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-02717-2760
Scope and Contents

Review of the ICA exhibition "Personal Choice: Selections from Four Penn Alumni Collections" at the University of Pennsylvania in which the Sackner Archive participated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Attack Letter-Dart / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1983

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Identifier: CC-12152-12376
Scope and Contents This card, folded with the shape of an arrow, marks the second anniversary of Strathclyde region's tax collectors on Finlay's Garden Temple. The caption printed boldly in red along an inner fold, reads, "Every Goal Negates. Ludwig Feuerbach." Wikipedia: Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 "“ September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including both Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated for liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism,...
Dates: 1983

Au Pair Girl 1 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56273-9999711
Scope and Contents

The photograph appears to be a distorted image of the repeticious title placed on a loose fabric. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Au Pair Girl 2 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56274-9999712
Scope and Contents

The photograph appears to be a distorted image of the repeticious title placed on a loose fabric. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Auch Ich War In Arkadien / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1978

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Identifier: CC-12036-12259
Scope and Contents

The title translated to English: 'Things were even worse than this in Arcady.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Autumn / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1991

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Identifier: CC-11107-11322
Scope and Contents

The poem reads, The woods - milestones, The mountains - signposts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991