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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:

Sea Coast after Claude Lorraine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1985

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12571-12803
Scope and Contents

Depicts a seascape with inscribed flat stones (Liber Veritas) in the foreground -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay

Sea / Land / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Rosenthal, Herbert., 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12457-12684
Scope and Contents

Sea is depicted by horizontal thick blue lines that are crossed by diagonal brown lines symbolizing "land." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay

Sea-Poppy 1 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Cant, Alistair., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-11926-12149
Scope and Contents

The image of this card consists of black letters of fishing boat names and numbers arranged in the shape of a mandala on a brown background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
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

Sea Poppy 1 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Cant, Alistair., 1966

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12461-12688
Scope and Contents

The numbers of Scottish fishing ships, printed in red, are arranged in a mandala on a blue background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay

Sea Poppy 2, 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-12671-12914
Scope and Contents

The poem consists of the actual names of Scottish fishing ships with the word, "star" as part of their names arranged in the shape of a mandula. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

Sea Poppy 2 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1968

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12456-12683
Scope and Contents

Depicts names of Scottish fishing ships with Star as a component of their names printed in green and arranged as a mandala on a blue background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay

Sea-Poppy 2 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Grant, Peter., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-11927-12150
Scope and Contents

The image consists of fishing boat names arranged in the shape of a mandala. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968
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

Sea Poppy 2 / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-12671-12914
Scope and Contents

The poem consists of the actual names of Scottish fishing ships with the word, "star" as part of their names arranged in the shape of a mandula. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

Sea Poppy Mosaic [early trial photocopy] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-58301-10001533
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's identification numbers placed within a fraction of a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969
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

Sea Poppy Mosaic / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12054-12278
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's numbers placed within a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969
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

Sea Poppy Mosaic [Photocopy] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-58300-10001532
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's identification numbers placed within a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969
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

Seashells / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Procter, Ian; Costley, Ron; Bann S., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-11863-12084
Scope and Contents

The essay written by Stephen Bann on the back inside folder explains the metaphor of grouping designs of hulls of sailing ships like sea shells in a display case. Proctor is a ship designer and Costley the artist who made this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971
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

Seasons / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12977-13269
Scope and Contents

The poems demonstrate the effect of silhouetting by two sail boats against the moon in summer and against snow drifts in winter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Sei Lirici della Poesia Visuale Internazionale / Arias-Misson A ; Carrega U ; Claus CF ; Finlay IH ; Phillips T ; Takahashi S., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-39500-41457
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Gillo Dorfles and Alain Arias-Misson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Sei Lirici della Poesia Visuale Internazionale / Gillo Dorfles, curator ; Alain Arias-Misson ; Arias-Misson A ; Carrega U ; Claus CF ; Finlay IH ; Phillips T ; Takahashi S., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02205-2245
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Gillo Dorfles and Alain Arias-Misson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Selected Ponds, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12007-12230
Scope and Contents

The photographs of the sculpture in Finlay's garden were made by Dave Patterson. Two brief introductory essays by Bernard Lassus and Stephen Bann are included in the first four pages. The remainder of this book consists of photographs. -- 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 / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

Selections, 2012

 Item
Identifier: CC-58434-10001652
Scope and Contents Harriet Staff reviewed the book in Poetry News November 28, 2012: Ian Hamilton Finlay's new book, Selections (UC Press 2012), edited with an introduction by Alec Finlay, has been reviewed over at Booktryst. Alastair Johnston writes of Finlay's later-life recognition, noting that "[a]mong the most fatal accolades one can achieve is to be called "greatest living' anything." What follows is his poetic work in biographical context, down to the garden art (the post also includes great photos of Finlay's early books and ephemera; and links to other concrete poets and related resources): This new book compacts much of his writing into one volume. His early poems are mostly negligible, but the odd memorable line occurs ("The dancers inherit the party"-- also the title of his first book of poems). Glasgow Beasts is a charming series of childlike verses written in broad Gleskae dialect. (Finlay's early battles with the dole come off like an episode of Rab C Nesbit.)In 1963, Finlay began to...
Dates: 2012
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / BOOKS / BOOKS (moved to alphabetical shelves)

September: Modern Books / Sims Reed ; Barry R ; Beuys J ; Darboven H ; Finlay IH ; Fulton H ; LeWitt S ; Long R ; Nannucci M ; Tuttle R ; Waanders H ; Weiner L ; Duchamp M., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-53224-74376
Dates: 2010
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Sermons in Stone / Harrod, Tanya; Finlay IH., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09303-9486
Scope and Contents

Review of an exhibition of garden sculptures executed by Finlay at Stockwood Craft Museum and Gardens, Bedfordshire, England. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991
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

Seven Bollards / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Andrew, John ; Simig, Pia Maria ; Hincks, Gary., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12599-12831
Scope and Contents

A bollard is a thick low post on a wharf which is used to moor ships with a rope. This book depicts bollards for a decoration of a Scottish Shopping Centre, The Gyle - Edinburgh. Reproductions of drawings are depicted one to a page. Each is inscribed with the name of a ship which also alludes to a poem or quotation generally from classical literature as indicated in footnotes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

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