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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 340 Collections and/or Records:

Books & Editions / Murray, Graeme ; Finlay IH ; Morgan E., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-06313-6429
Scope and Contents

Stored in Finlay box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Bouleau-Birch / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Webb, Caroline., 1991

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Identifier: CC-12220-12444
Scope and Contents

In the title, Bouleau means Birch Tree. The poem reads Marbre which is French for marble. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

British Modernism, Fact or Fiction? - A Debate / Cobbing, Bob; Lucie-Smith, Edward; Finlay IH; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Fernbach-Flarscheim C; Cox K., 1971

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Identifier: CC-17781-18150
Scope and Contents

Designated pamphlet seven. Although the title page of this publication announces a debate, the pages consist of photocopied reproductions of concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Canal Stripe Series 3 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-11258-11473
Scope and Contents

A single word on facing pages in different size typeface signifies distances for the object on viewing them as a landscape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Capital Ship / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1991

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Identifier: CC-12378-12604
Scope and Contents

The word "Capital" at the top of this print is set in large capital bold letters and the word "Ship" in smaller normal typeface. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Catalogue Raisonne 1958-1990 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-12618-12850
Scope and Contents

This catalogue lists and describes 773 publications of Finlay. The pamphlet lists the prices of the cards and Poor Old Tired Horse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Celebrating a Life's Work 1927 - 1968 / Cox, Kenelm; Clark TA; Brett G; Finlay IH; Bann S; Furnival J; Reichardt J; Houedard DS., 2008

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Identifier: CC-54581-990027
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds a Clock that was made by Kenelm Cox on behalf of Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also in the Archive is the sculpture Suncycle that was planned with Nicholas Logsdale at the Lisson Gallery, cast in brass and sold as a multiple without a motor. The author title for this book is "Ken Cox." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Celebrating a Life's Work 1927 - 1968 / Cox, Kenelm ; Clark TA ; Brett G ; Finlay IH ; Bann S ; Furnival J ; Reichardt J ; Houedard DS., 2008

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Identifier: CC-54571-990018
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds a Clock that was made by Kenelm Cox on behalf of Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also in the Archive is the sculpture Suncycle that was planned with Nicholas Logsdale at the Lisson Gallery, cast in brass and sold as a multiple without a motor. The author title for this book is "Ken Cox." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Ceolfrith: Ian Hamilton Finlay with Photographs by Diane Tammes. No.5 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; Diane Tammes ; Bann S., 1970

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Identifier: CC-20612-21014
Scope and Contents

This catologue includes facsimile examples of Finlay's poems, a bibliography, a list of works in the exhibition together with prices, and a history of the Wild Hawthorne Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Chimes Quarterly. Spr / Finlay IH., 1966

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Identifier: CC-16969-17325
Scope and Contents

Contains reproduction of pages from Finlay's "6 small songs in 3's." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Clouds/Rain / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11083-11298
Scope and Contents

The poem is printed in single or double white letters on a grey background, "Clouds your incredible capitals crown the tall grey columns of Rain." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Collect to Invest: Rebellious artists get all profitable / Windsor, John; Cobbing B; Finlay IH; King R; Tyson I; Ono Y; Upton L., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28796-30107
Scope and Contents

The writer describes the scene at the London Artists' Book Fair at the Barbican Centre in November 1997. He stresses the increased appreciated value of artist books, particularly those done by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Bob Cobbing. Writing about Cobbing, he mentions that "His Domestic Ambient Noise" series, in collaboration with the visual poet Lawrence Upton, has run to 157 editions in the past three years. Their cost is 1 pound each or four for 5 pounds. Winsor states that "A rich collector in Miami [Marvin Sackner not identified!] and two assiduous London collectors have all 157." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997