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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1989 Collections and/or Records:

Follies-A Little Sparta Guide To The National Trust / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12299-12524
Scope and Contents

This is an attack on The National Trust book, "Follies" which was adversely critical of Finlay's Garden Temple by painting a picture of the Trust with quotes lifted from the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Follies War Special / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12994-13286
Scope and Contents

The text "Barr the traitor reads his sentence" is illustrated by a hand holding a plumed pen and writing a French political message refers to Finlay's problem with the citation of the Garden Temple in Ian Barr's (Chairman of the Saltire Society - motto Scotland) sponsorship of a book on Architectural Follies in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

For Klaus Werner / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10844-11054
Scope and Contents

This poem is a proposal for the text of a stone sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

For My Birthday / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12956-13248
Scope and Contents

Adapted from a detail of a sail boat painting by Christopher Wood 1901-1930. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

For the Temple of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Micheal., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-33261-34891
Scope and Contents

The image of this picture poem is a stylized, destroyer ship in side view silhouette. The smoke stacks and turrets are labeled with the letters A, B, C, and D. The letters pertain to Greek architectural columns for their temples, viz., Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. The poem signifies Finlay's love of the neo-classical period, the architecture in the late 18th and early 19th century prevalent in America and Europe that was characterized by wide-spread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

For the Temples of the Greeks... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12961-13253
Scope and Contents

This card compares Greek temples to a stylized line drawing of a battleship with several components named for Greek columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Form. No.3/Dec / Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, Stephen Bann, editors ; Lissitzky E ; Malevich K ; Finlay IH ; Jandl E ; Schwitters K ; Bann S ; DeVree P., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-11415-11631
Scope and Contents

El Lissitzky describes his theatrical plans for "The Electrical-Mechanical Spectacle." It was published as a folio of ten colored lithographs which were used by Mayakovsky in "For Reading Out Loud." The Spectacle used the music from "Victory Over the Sun" by Krutchyck with sets by Malevich. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Found Poem: The Mastless Barges / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12962-13254
Scope and Contents

Adapted from a page in "Sailing For A Living" by Basil Greenhill. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[Four] Detached Sentences on Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11910-12132
Scope and Contents

The texts relate to Finlay's dispute with the tax collectors in his region. Finlay's book on prints 1963-1997 depicts the prints in black on a grey background. The prints here are printed in red and black. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

[Four] Saint-Just Posters: Death to Strathclyde Region / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11908-12130
Scope and Contents

The texts reproduce statements by the French revolutionary, Louis-Antoine Saint-Just 1767-1794 and refer to Finlay's contemporaneous disagreement with his local tax collectors. Finlay's book on prints 1963-1997 depicts the prints in black on a grey background. The prints here are printed in red and black. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Four Shades / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Jones, Grahame., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-11092-11307
Scope and Contents

An artists' book by Ian Hamilton Finlay published to accompany Finlay's installation at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Missouri. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Four Trees / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12616-12848
Scope and Contents

The pages depict reproductions of different trees in watercolor that relate to the personality of four historic figures as explained on the card, viz., Couthon, Rousseau, Goethe, and Friedrich. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994