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Visual art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:

Three Gates: On the way to Little Sparta, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-30158-31557
Scope and Contents

This Christmas presentation book subtitled "On the Way to Little Sparta" was conceived by Finlay and photographed by Robin Gillanders. It relates the closing of Finlay's famed garden by the Scottish government. The sign on the first gate into the garden reads, "Following the authority's action against the Garden Temple, Little Sparta is closed to the public." The second gate sign reads, "Strathclyde Region made war on Little Sparta - Strathclyde Region is no more." The third gate sign reads, "Closed with the support of The Scottish Arts Council." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Un Jardin Revolutionnaire / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Chematoff, Alexandre ; Finlay, Sue ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Bann S., 1988

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Identifier: CC-11772-11991
Scope and Contents

This proposal for a revolutionary garden in Versailles was never carried out owing to a political perception in France that Finlay espoused pro-Nazi, anti-semitic views (this opinion is not shared by the Sackners). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Work In Progress on Bridge Piers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stirling, Annet; Berman, Brenda., 1990

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Identifier: CC-12210-12434
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a color photograph on its verso of a calligraphically carved stone sculpture being sited near a bridge in Glasgow and a photographic reproduction of an abstract expressionist painting by Vladimit Kokolia on its recto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Works / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Greenhalgh, Martyn ; Nash J ; Clark L ; Harvey M ; Fine J ; Campion P., 1989

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Identifier: CC-11848-12069
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was designed by Finlay. The 10 photographs in this book from Finlay's garden are captioned with text from Finlay's "Detached Sentances on Gardening." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989