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Costley, Ron, 1939-2015

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939 November 7 - 2015 February 6

Nationality

British

Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:

A Heart-Shape / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-11958-12181
Scope and Contents

This card depicts an off-centered red square with white stiches on an orange background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

A Proposal for a Private Garden: Lily-Cobbled / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Simig, Pia Maria ; Costley, Ron., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35349-37083
Scope and Contents

Lilly-cobbled refers to the abundant water-lilies that cover a section of the pool with their floating leaves in garden setting. This garden proposal was made for Alfred Richterich, Laufen, Switzerland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

A Proposal for the University of Durham at the Botanical Gardens / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12939-13231
Scope and Contents

Foxglove, a bellshaped flower, is a basis for a grid inscribed on a stone panel that consists of a sequence of numbers to direct bellringers in 'change ringing.' Foxglove is the source of digitalis whose actions are to strengthen & regularize the he Finlay does not have this property in mind for he mentions that this grid sets out to complement the mixture of wild and formal views of the garden. Unlike a sundial, it alludes to episodic bouts of ringing that punctuate the ecclesiastical calendar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

A Wartime Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron ; Andrew, John., 1990

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Identifier: CC-10749-10958
Scope and Contents

The book consists of photographic reproductions of Finlay's picture poem drawings and carvings on stone, viz., drawings by Finlay with Ron Costley & reliefs carved in Portland stone, with John Andrew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Airs Waters Graces / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12528-12755
Scope and Contents

Printed by the Stellar Press. Each page depicts a picture poem some of which subsequently were made into prints and cards, e.g., Venus of the Hours and H)our Lady. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Apollo and Daphne (after Bernini) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-58211-10001464
Scope and Contents

This is a poster of the same image of the print in the Sackner Archive printed for the Cambridge Poetry Festival at the Kettle's Yard Gallery. The bottom edge contains details of the exhibition. Finlay cites two references to this image as follows: Ovid's Metamorphoses and Wittkower's The Sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Historical Research Unit, Uniforms of the SS. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12375-12601
Scope and Contents

In this version of the print the figures of Apollo in red and Daphne in green are combined into a green tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-58404-10001621
Scope and Contents

In this version of the print the figures of Apollo and Daphne are outlined in black and are combined into an outlined tree all against the image of a drawn black brick wall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Archive for Mare/Terra / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael; Goodricke, Susan; Costley R; Jandl E., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12809-13096
Scope and Contents

In Sep 1973, Finlay writes to Michael Harvey requesting that Harvey and Goodricke make a ceramic-concrete maquette, based upon a Ron Costley sketch, for the Stuttgart Max Plank project. Finlay provides detailed instructions on the lettering for the work. A month later, he comments on the Harvey efforts indicating that he wants a "Matisse'y" effect which depends upon a flat surface as opposed to a kinetic effect that looses the balance between the visual and the word part. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

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Subject
Picture poetry 51
Concrete poetry 15
Calligraphic text 13
Political poetry 10
Colored text 6