Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
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
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.
Follies War Special / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987
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.
For Brenda / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Berman, Brenda., 1993
For Klaus Werner / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1991
This poem is a proposal for the text of a stone sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
for 'lemon' read 'zulu' / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Clark TA., 1998
For My Birthday / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
Adapted from a detail of a sail boat painting by Christopher Wood 1901-1930. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
For Simon Cutts / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Cutts S., 1989
For the Temple of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Micheal., 1997
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.
For the Temples of the Greeks... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1995
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.
Forcast / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993
Forever Multiples / Workfortheeyetodo ; Cutts S ; Finlay IH ; Holzer J ; Kosuth J ; Nannucci M ; Tipping R ; VanHorn E ; Weiner L ; Beuys J ; Culbert B ; Graham D ; Long R ; Pawson M ; Tuttle R ; Ben ; Watts R., 1995
This catalogue lists multiples. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Forget-Me-Not / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Kedik, Stephanie., 1986
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
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.
Found free-style haiku / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996
Found Poem: The Mastless Barges / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1995
Adapted from a page in "Sailing For A Living" by Basil Greenhill. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Four] Detached Sentences on Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983
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.
Four Monostichs / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1991
[Four] Saint-Just Posters: Death to Strathclyde Region / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983
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.
Four Shades / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Jones, Grahame., 1992
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.
Four Trees / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron., 1994
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.