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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Modern Antiquities, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35422-37157
Scope and Contents

The pages consist of 29 black and white photographs taken by Hannappel of Finlay's garden, Little Sparta. One page has a poem by Hoderlin translated by Harry Gilonis, opposite a photograph of a contemplative Finlay, sitting on a bench in the garden just outside his house, The poem reads, "At peace the ploughman sits outside his cottage in the shade... A drawing on the inside cover of the book provides the sites in the garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Modern Antiquities/Garden Works, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34013-35689
Scope and Contents

The photographs of Finlay's sculptural works consisting of stone carvings onto classical columns and vases were taken in the Steinhalle Landesmuseum, Mainz Germany. An explanation of each piece is provided in the back of the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Myths, 1991

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-10842-11052

Noble Truths, Beautiful Lies, & Landscape Architecture, 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-28910-30236
Scope and Contents

This book is a thesis dissertation for the degree of Master of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University. Its content deals almost exclusively with Ian Hamilton Finlay's spurned 1988 commission for a revolutionary garden at the former site of the Hotel des Menus Plaisirs, Versailles. Keeney describes the project and the political fall-out when the commision was withdrawn. This book is filed with Finlay material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Now the Names of the Twelve Are These / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Nash, John R.., 1987

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12360-12586
Scope and Contents

The names are a mixture of the Apostles and leaders of the French Revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Once Again , 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-48143-69166
Scope and Contents

First printing. Bory's introduction traces the history of the concrete poetry movement and its aesthetic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Orange Au Pair Girl, 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11865-12086
Scope and Contents

The size of this edition is not known nor is it listed in Finlay's book Prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Origins of British Experimental Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Gomringer E; Houedard DS; Finlay IH; Morgan E; deMelo e Castro EM; Garnier P; Chopin H; Novak L; Fahlstrom O; Cox K; Williams J; Edmonds T., 1973

 Item — Box 393: [Barcode: 31858072461571]
Identifier: CC-17671-18039
Scope and Contents

Cobbing discusses the early concrete poems of Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Kenelm Cox, Dom Sylvester Houedard, and Tom Edmonds in depth. This essay is unbpubished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Pastoral , 1996

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-34977-36694
Scope and Contents

This is a purely textural work in two colors, each letter of the words alternates as green or blue. This serves as a metaphor for the contrast of liberty and death in the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Paths: Photographs of Little Sparta, 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-42822-44862
Scope and Contents

The book and exhibition consisted of photographs of Finlay's garden. The Sackners visited the garden in 1982 and September 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

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

Poem/Print No.11 (trial version) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12912-13204
Scope and Contents

This depicts an image of Xmas Star, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xmas Star printed in red, the remainder of the image is printed in black. In this unique version, the image is printed on much heavier stock paper than the original print. The inscription on verso reads, reprint from the Wild Hawthorn Press April 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Poem/Print No.11 [Xmas Star] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12910-13202
Scope and Contents

This is an image of Xmas Star, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xnas Star printed in red, the remainder of the image is printed in black. Printed at the lower right is "Wild Hawthorne Press April 1969. The Sackner Archive holds a smaller version of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Poems to Hear and See, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-11713-11931
Scope and Contents

This trade anthology of Finlay's concrete poetry is printed with several different inks on paper with several different colors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

poezja konkretna / concrete poetry, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-54523-989988
Scope and Contents

Critical essays on Finlay's work and specific poems are provided by Piotr Rypson and Tadeusz Slawek, respectively. The illustrations in this catalogue depict prints and cards of Finlay's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Port Distinguishing Letters of Scottish Fishing Vessels, 1978

 Item — Box 190: [Barcode: 31858072459609]
Identifier: CC-12416-12643
Scope and Contents

Consists of the port letters and numbers of Scottish fishing vessels fired in green on a white background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Portsmith City Art Project: Numbered Sails , 1973

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12807-13094
Scope and Contents

The watercolor depicts four ceramic, varied colored sail shapes with numbers from Scottish sail boats. The signature is Michael Harvey's but he has also printed Susan Goodricke's name adjacent to his. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973