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Aphorism

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Saint-Just Sundial Badge, 1981

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-12414-12641
Scope and Contents

Depicts sundial with the caption "Too Many Laws Too Few Examples." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Scud / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-11837-12058
Scope and Contents

Scud was the acronym for the land to land missile launched by the Iraqis during the Gulf War 1991. In this booklet, Finlay provides alternate definitions from the dictionary in the form of a poetic metaphor. For example, "to sweep along easily and swiftly: to drive before the wind: to traverse swiftly; to spank. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Small Is Quite Beautiful / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gratsby, Richard., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12449-12676
Scope and Contents

This is a preparatory drawing for a sculpture with the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Snow Bark / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-12057-12281
Scope and Contents

Contrasts the usual and nautical meanings of the words, Bark and Snow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

 Item
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

Terror Is the Piety of the Revolution: A Commentary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Stoddart, Alexander., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-11811-12030
Scope and Contents

Thus a commentary about one of Finlay's inscriptions in the Garden Temple in Little Sparta. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

The Present Order Is the Disorder of the Future / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-12077-12301
Scope and Contents

This card provides instructions for cutting out the words of this poem that have been carved on stones. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Two Visions / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12303-12528
Scope and Contents

Printed by Stellar Press, this is an attack on the adverse criticism of Finlay's Garden Temple for its architecture in the book, Follies, A National Trust Guide. In this print, Finlay reviews the etymology of the word "folly" and notes that it is derived from the latin word "follis" meaning a ball, balloon or bellows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987