At the Field's Edge (1), 1976

Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton

Identifier: CC-11897-12119

Scope and Contents

The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary hut." The poem is printed on the bottom of the back page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

Creation: 1976

Creator

Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006 (Person)
Manduca, John Borg (Person)

Full Extent

0 See container summary (1 print (silkscreen, folded) + translucent paper(printed)) ; 30 x 26 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Original Sackner location: shelf binder 1904

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Signed by: Ian Hamilton Finlay (u.l.- sheet). Nationality of creator: Scottish and British. General: About 300 total copies. 86 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.