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Colin Sackett printed this book. Thomas A. Clark provided a critical essay entitled "Landscape under the Stars" in which he indicates that Finlay rewrites Gomringer's "5 mal 1 konstellation" by substituting words from the pre-Raphaelite poet, Christina Rossetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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.

Finlay explains the poem in the print Neoclassical Thaumaturgy as follows. Thaumaturgy means wonder working; an aspect of the old classical religion. the 'gods' which fly faster than sound are present-day warplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This proposal includes an inscribed garden bench and a tree plaque based upon a quote from classical literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book and the commission to Finlay were dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales by the Board of Trustees and Staff of the Serpentine Gallery. The first fold-out page consists of the architectural layout and the second a print enumerating trees in the area arranged as a mandala dedicated to Diana in its center. The commission itself consisted of poetic engravings for eight benches and a tree-plaque placed in the meadow around the Sepentine. The captions on these objects are brief sentences adapted from writings, rendered in Latin and English, on Arcadia by Virgil. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an extensive architectural project for a German bank that was planned from the onset of construction. It consisted of six carved, lettered stone sculptures for the facade, poetic wall paintings, poems on glass doors, and a floor poem. The concrete and picture poems were modified from earlier published versions, e.g., wave/rock, star, evening will come, sackcloth n., wild flower n. Bann wrote a critical analysis, Simig helped in production, & Sloan provided the stone carvings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter announces the publication of "Fleur de L'Air: A Garden in Provence by Ian Hamilton Finlay" to be published by Wild Hawthorne Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems, printed on translucent paper, overlay photographs of gliders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image of this card is a color photograph of a toy sail boat from above simulating a bright abstract image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

According to this book, published to commemorate Christmas 2000, HUFF, n. is defined as follows: a fit of anger, sulks, or offended dignity (Chambers); a fit of petulance caused by an affront (Oxford); an armed withdrawal (IHF). The pages consist of black and white photographs of plants in Finlay's gardens as well as wood or stone engraved benches with aphorisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Prudence Carlson wrote the essay for this catalogue. The Sackners attended this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

At this exhibition, three catalogues were published and enclosed within a single slipcase. The first book that depicts the print, "Marine" on its cover, is apparently a reprinting of a catalogue laid out by Hansjorg Mayer which originated at the Kunsthalle Basel in 1990. It contains an introductory essay by Thomas Kellein. It features reproductions of publications by Finlay's Wild Hawthorn Press as well as photographic views of Stoneypath. The second book that depicts the print, "star steer" on its cover, features Finlay's stone, glass, and neon sculptures. It contains critical essays by Peter Weiermair and Stephen Bann. The third book is a biobibliography in English compiled by Pia Simig. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The color photograph on the cover of this card depicts a toy sailboat in a pond with high grass on the edges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This depicts a color photograph of a model sailing ship made by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Finlay proposes to inscribe each word of the title onto a guillotine blade to be set into three deeply recessed windows of the gallery. The proposal documents his reasons and depicts line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The color photograph on the cover of this card depicts a toy sailboat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pages consist of 29 black and white photographs taken by Hannappel of Finlay's garden, Little Sparta. One page has a poem by Hoderlin translated by Harry Gilonis, opposite a photograph of a contemplative Finlay, sitting on a bench in the garden just outside his house, The poem reads, "At peace the ploughman sits outside his cottage in the shade... A drawing on the inside cover of the book provides the sites in the garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The photographs of Finlay's sculptural works consisting of stone carvings onto classical columns and vases were taken in the Steinhalle Landesmuseum, Mainz Germany. An explanation of each piece is provided in the back of the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book depicts impressionistic watercolors of poems mostly adapted from classic literature on tree plaques or as sculptures among the trees. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.