Picture poetry
Found in 1766 Collections and/or Records:
A Memory of Summer in Trelew Creek, during Mr Thomas Gray's Building of the Habag / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Nicholson, Jim., 1971
The poem deals with a sailing ship, overgrown with weeds, in an abandoned ship yard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Memory of Summer in Trelew Creek, during Mr Thomas Gray's Building of the Habag / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Nicholson, Jim., 1971
The poem deals with a sailing ship, overgrown with weeds, in an abandoned ship yard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Modest Hero / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1986
The image depicts the Arrosoir (Watering-can) among flowers, the name of the day in the Republican calendar that the Robespierrists were gullotined during the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[A-n Turn] / Berry, Jake., 1987
A Parisian-American Arrnges Art to Music: Whistler / Cutts, Simon., 1973
A Placement / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Griffiths, Andrew., 1983
A postmodern mini book in text and collage: (In) Memory of Video 3 / Osowski, F'nL., 1999
A postmodern mini book in text and collage:F(l)ight unto Memory No.2 / Osowski, F'nL., 1999
A Powerful Aid to Your Vision / Baroni, Vittore ; Bennett, John M.., 1999
A Project for Portland / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Stewart, Mark., 1993
This project is an abbreviated Doric temple with an inscription, "Aeterna Templa Caeli," the everlasting temple in the sky (cited by Varro in his De Lingua Latina). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for a Distant Spot / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1994
This proposal for Bernhard and Marie Starkmann depicts an oar wrapped in a fishing net stuck into a mound of rocks with the caption, "The Wanderings of Ulysses." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for a Garden Built on a Slope / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hill, Solveig., 1991
Also designated A Morning Star Folio 2/4 December 1991, a series edited by Alec Finlay. Not found in Fnlay's book of prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for a London Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sandell, Annika., 1993
The poem is inscribed on gates to the flower garden in the foreground as "Little Fields, Long Horizons," in the midground as "Little Fields Long, For Horizons" and in the background as "Horizons Long, For Little Fields." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for a Private Garden: Lily-Cobbled / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Simig, Pia Maria ; Costley, Ron., 1997
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.
A Proposal for an Obelisk / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sterling, Annet., 1993
This card proposes an object "suited to a Situation commanding an extensive Prospect" to be viewed from within William Shenstone's (18th century) The Leasowes garden. It is an obelisk that mocks a commission by Sadam Hussein for the Iraq super-gun from parts inadvertently forged by Walter Somers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for Arne / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1989
The illustrations were adapted from drawings made by Claude Lorrain. The project was proposed for Dinah Thompson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for Lothian Estates, Monteviot: Reproduced in Mr. Aislabie's Gardens / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Eyres P ; Lucie-Smith E ; Gardner I ; Jones G., 1981
This first proposal for an environmental work by Finlay was originally published in 1979 in an edition of five copies and here is reproduced as a section in Mr. Aislabie's Gardens. It is based upon a description by Jean-Jacques Rosseau (1712-1778). It consists of minimalist poems on plaques held by trees along with plans for a nature environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for the Furka Pass / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987
The postcard photograph of a mountain pass has a boulder in the center foreground with the name of the Swiss painter, F. Holder, inscribed upon it. The name is a play on words of boulder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for the Furka Pass, Switzerland, 1987 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lindsley, Kathleen; Weijers, Wouter., 1989
This proposal is based upon the signature of the Swiss artist, Ferdinand Hodler, inscribed on a stone. A critical essay on this proposal by Wouter Weijer comprises most of the text of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for the Garden of Arthur & Carol Goldberg / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Simig, Pia Maria; Sloan, Nicholas., 1994
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.