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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:

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

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 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-44081-46197
Scope and Contents

The ink drawings provide construction details of four ceramic varied colored sail shapes with numbers from Scottish sail boats. One drawing is vertical and one drawing is horizontal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

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

Portsmouth City Art Project: The Water's Hours and The Sky's Hours, 1973

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12801-13088
Scope and Contents

This depicts two adjacent, brown colored, ceramic or concrete, vertical slabs lettered The Water's Hours with levels drawn in blue & denoted with Roman numerals and The Sky's Hours with strokes of a sundial drawn in blue & denoted with Roman numerals, respectively. In Oct 1973, Harvey writes to Finlay with descriptions of proposals for the Portsmith City Art Project, viz., Water's & Sky's Hours and Numbered Sails. Finlay replied within a week with minor modifications prior to their submission into the competition. He adds a note of encouragement to Harvey, "So the question is, who will get the Third Prize (As we have won the First and Second)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Project for a Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1986

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-58280-10001513
Scope and Contents

The slogan relates to Finlay's dispute with the local tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Proposal: A Shaded Path (2) , 1989

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-12484-12711
Scope and Contents

This is a proposal for a garden path of bricks stamped with names of trees taken from Sir William Temple's book "Gardens in Virgil's Time," viz., 'The trees were the elm, the pine, the lime-tree, and the Platanus, or plame-tree, whose leaf and shade, of all others, was the most in request...' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Proposal for a Monument to Jean-Jacques Rousseau , 1986

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-12339-12565
Scope and Contents

Printed by Stellar Press. Deals with the ideas of Rousseau on nature that formed the ethical and political behavior of the leaders of the French Revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Reap The Sac Faction, 1985

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11920-12143
Scope and Contents

The message deals with enlisting help for Finlay's despute with the local tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985