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

 Item
Identifier: CC-13340-13641

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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

  • Creation: 1971

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 folded card (print, tipped-in)) ; 21.1 x 12.8 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

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; Sepia Press. Signed by: Ian Hamilton Finlay (l. r. - inside back cover); Ian Gardner (l. r. - inside back cover). Nationality of creator: Scottish and British. General: 50 copies of 150 total. 26 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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