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Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton

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Contains 47 Results:

Seashells, 1971

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Identifier: CC-11863-12084
Scope and Contents

The essay written by Stephen Bann on the back inside folder explains the metaphor of grouping designs of hulls of sailing ships like sea shells in a display case. Proctor is a ship designer and Costley the artist who made this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Fish-Sheet One, 1963

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Identifier: CC-11869-12090
Scope and Contents

This anthology includes a poem by Edwin Morgan that Houedard retyped, 'Dogs Round A Tree.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Acrobats, 1968

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Identifier: CC-12463-12690
Scope and Contents

Depicts a reproduction of Finlay's silkscreen poster/poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Sea Poppy Mosaic [early trial photocopy], 1969

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Identifier: CC-58301-10001533
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's identification numbers placed within a fraction of a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1985

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Identifier: CC-27821-28954
Scope and Contents

This finely printed book consists of a listing of aphorisms such as 1) Vengeance is an act of good faith, 2) Concrete poems were thought childish because they were seen but not heard, 3) Schemes for making a great deal of money usually cost a lot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985