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Gardner, Ian, 1944-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: a 1944-

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

A Classic Landscape / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-11999-12222
Scope and Contents

The image is taken from an ancient scene below the Richmond Bridge (London?). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

An Illustrated Esoteric Dictionary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-12318-12544
Scope and Contents

The prints are tipped onto the papercard folder on its inner covers. One of the prints that is colored depicts a landscape surrounding the Temple of Fame, Studley Royal. The other print lists ancient dictionary definitions of dove; Dove, n. a flute-haunting bird; East, n., one of the four corners of the sphere; Fame, n., an effervescence; Gnomon, n., a rod, astaff, the shepard of hours; Horizon, n., a liberation, a bound. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Elegy for Whimbrel and Petrel: petrol / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner, Ian., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-13340-13641
Scope and Contents

The image in shades of brown-grays, tipped to the inside of the card, depicts a sailing ship with hoists resembling bird beaks. The foreground shows the sea with smudges resembling an oil slick. In the background is a shore line. No birds appear in t perhaps because petrol leaks from an oil tanker have contaminated their feeding environment. Whimbrel and Petrel are sea shore birds which might be rendered extinct because of lack of attention to oil spills - hence the use of "Elegy" in the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Flags / Gardner, Ian., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-29526-30893
Scope and Contents

The theme of flags is treated in poetic mannerisms. For example, one of the poems depicts a calligraphic phrase, "the winds pillow" on a sky blue background. It is captioned, "The Sky's Flag." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Iron Ship / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-11971-12194
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an ironing instrument on its side as a metaphor for a ship. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Landscape with Woods and a Pillar Box for the posting of belligerent Letters / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-12061-12285
Scope and Contents

Depicts a landscape with a military pillar box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Little Sermons Series: The Orgies of the Cherries / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner, Ian., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-11781-12000
Scope and Contents

The poems are based upon the Confessions of J-J Rousseau during the French revolution. Printed at the Barbarian Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Little Sermons Series: Volume Makes Beauty / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner, Ian., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-11780-11999
Scope and Contents

Printed at the Barbarian Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Penny Browns , 1982

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12356-12582
Scope and Contents

The print depicts toy sailing ships on water with brown sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Sailing Barge Redwing / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1971

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Identifier: CC-12441-12668
Scope and Contents

Depicts a silhouette of a sail boat with red sails and its red reflection in the water. The combined image appears to be an airplane with red wings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

The End 2nd Edition / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-13003-13295
Scope and Contents

A picture on the left depicts is a house on the distant horizon across three rolling fields and a blue background representing the sky. A matching picture on the right depicts a sailboat on the distant horizon beyond the same three rolling fields but with the blue background representing the sea. The caption reads as in a closing remark in a Children's book, "They returned home tired but happy." The End. The Sackner Archive also holds the 1st edition 1972. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

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