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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 748 Collections and/or Records:

Cairngorm (Clipper) / Ian Hamilton Finlay; Mary Stevens., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-12422-12649
Scope and Contents

One of six glass lenses designed by Finlay and interpreted by Stevens, engraved on two sides with a decorative representation of a ship, its name and inscription composed by Finlay. The inscription reads "Where the wind frets the whitecaps." There is a printed, folded brochure which describes and documents the six glass lenses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Cairngorm (Clipper) / Ian Hamilton Finlay; Mary Stevens., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-12422-12649
Scope and Contents

One of six glass lenses designed by Finlay and interpreted by Stevens, engraved on two sides with a decorative representation of a ship, its name and inscription composed by Finlay. The inscription reads "Where the wind frets the whitecaps." There is a printed, folded brochure which describes and documents the six glass lenses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Calendar / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Clark, Laurie., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12005-12228
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a grid for the 12 months in which each panel depicts an activity in Finlay's garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Capital, n. A republican crown / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Burckhardt, Lucius., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-13005-13297
Scope and Contents

The image is a hat in the style worn during the French revolution placed on top of a basket decorated with flowers. Finlay captions the image with a quote from Gerd Neumann's book, "Callimachus" (1981). "Seen in this way, the lost CAPITAL, is an envoy; a parody of the now solely burlesque treatment of history in this post-modernism and, as a consequence, a double negation as well, yet without the desirable positive change in values, at least from the perspective of making history." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Carnation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12309-12534
Scope and Contents

The print consists of a text from R.R. Palmer "Twelve Who Ruled" and relates the appearance of Saint-Just who when led to the guillotine wore a carnation in his buttonhole. The print and two red loose sheets are cut in two parts in the shape of the guillotine, to symbolize the execution, the red carnation, and his blood. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Cascade / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Reeve, Antonia., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11076-11291
Scope and Contents

The photograph is an image of the upper pool at Little Sparta. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Catches / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sandeman, Margot., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-12328-12554
Scope and Contents

The text reads, "A big catch is a wee consolation. (After Paul Klee) -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Chain / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35255-36989
Scope and Contents

The poem prints the word, "daisy," in varied typefaces seven times in a vertical row. Daisy chain is a means for hooking up multiple peripherals to a personal computer. The different typefaces constitute a simile for the different peripherals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Chanson d'Automne / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-12565-12797
Scope and Contents

The text on one sheet reads "glades of sunlight" and is printed on warm, golden paper. The second sheet reads "forests of cloud" and is printed on purple earthy paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Charm, n / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Clark, Laurie., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12084-12308
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a line drawing of a flower bouquet and a caption, Charm, n., a something pleasing in a person or thing; it came in with the Revolution and went out with the war. Revolution refers to the French Revolution in this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Christmas 1993 (After John Flaxman R.A.) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11066-11281
Scope and Contents

John Flaxman (175-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Citron Bleu / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12592-12824
Scope and Contents

Image was taken from a detail of a painting by William Gillies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

(Classical) landscape, n. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lindsley, Kathleen., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35251-36985
Scope and Contents

The image on the card is a graphite landscape drawing. The definition of (Classical) landscape written by Finlay, reads, a stand of concepts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Clinker Built / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35377-37112
Scope and Contents

The card depicts the number, "529.DE" in light blue with its letters fractured from painting upon the slats of the blue, boat hull. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Clinker Built / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35380-37115
Scope and Contents

The card depicts the phrase, "Clinker Built" in black outlined, white letters with a fractured appearance from being drawn upon the slats of the boat hull. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Cloud Board / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-11874-12095
Scope and Contents

In this photograph of a sculpture, Finlay uses leaves floating in a bowl as a metaphor for clouds. The word "cloud" is engraved on a stone with a hand pointed downward to the leaves and upwards to the sky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970