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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 338 Collections and/or Records:

Standing Poem 1: Pear/Appear / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-11963-12186
Scope and Contents

This is the first card designed by Finlay. This copy needs to be cleaned and has a small tear on one edge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Standing Poem 1: Pear/Appear / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1963

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Identifier: CC-11964-12187
Scope and Contents

This is the first card designed by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Stonechats / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1967

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Identifier: CC-11702-11920
Scope and Contents

The cover is discolored but the pages are preserved. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Sundial] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Mills, Stuart., 1967

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Identifier: CC-12350-12576
Scope and Contents

This photograph depicts a sundial sculpture, "The Four, Seas, -Ons In, Sail. A sail is placed in the center to deflect the sun and cast a shadow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Swans / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1974

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Identifier: CC-11992-12215
Scope and Contents

The number "2" is written to form the silhouette of a swan. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Talismans and Signifiers (& Finlay letter) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Grasby, Richard ; Sloan, Nicholas., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12735-12988
Scope and Contents

Depicts a series of minimalist poems inscribed on stones with comments on their significance quoted from classic literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Telegrams from My Windmill / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

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Identifier: CC-11679-11897
Scope and Contents

This is Finlay's first book of concrete poetry based upon a typed layout. Sixtenn poems are printed in red color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Textbooklet 1 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1975

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Identifier: CC-10930-11142
Scope and Contents

The three printed pages read in a single column of vertical letters, "concrete effect ?, crossword effect ?, and weather effect ?" These are metaphors for concrete poetry, crossword puzzles, and rain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Textbooklet 2 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1979

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Identifier: CC-11767-11986
Scope and Contents

The three printed pages in this leaflet with vertical or diagnonal printed letters have a cryptic meaning, e.g., VTOLP. The later can be read backwards as Plot V. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

The Blue and Brown Poems / Ian Hamilton Finlay; J Williams; S Bann; M Weaver., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-12349-12575
Scope and Contents

Calendar design was done by Herbert M. Rosenthal. Consists of one poem print per month with a critical analysis by Stephen Bann on an accompanying page. The poems include ho/horizon, ajar, net/net, cork/net, acrobats, wave/rock, green waters, you/me, broken/heartbroken, wind/wind, ring of waves, and le circus. In the 1990 Finlay bibliography, a set of 12 framed poems from this calendar was offered for $3200 (calendar is out of print). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Blue Sail, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-42824-44864
Scope and Contents

This book is a selection of Finlay's poems over 40 years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

The Garden and the Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1992

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Identifier: CC-10896-11106
Scope and Contents

The curators, J.B.Ravenal and A.Miller-Keller state that Finlay "engages classical forms and ideas as an ethical and philosophical means by which to bring present culture into sharper focus... The exhibition presents two central themes in Finlay's work: the garden tradition and the French Revolution." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Land's Shadows / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stevenson, Ann., 1968

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Identifier: CC-11925-12148
Scope and Contents

Ann Stevenson is the maiden name of Ann Noel, the wife of Emmett Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Name of the Bow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1986

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Identifier: CC-12161-12385
Scope and Contents

The shape of this poem is a bow and arrow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

The New Order / Worthington, Greville; Cutts S; Finlay IH; Fulton H; Clark TA; Weiner L; Holzer J; Nannucci M., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-00638-653
Scope and Contents

Essay about home in Yorkshire of archivist and Finlay dealer, Greville Worthington. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995