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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

A Proposal for a Distant Spot / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12613-12845
Scope and Contents

This proposal for Bernhard and Marie Starkmann depicts an oar wrapped in a fishing net stuck into a mound of rocks with the caption, "The Wanderings of Ulysses." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

A Proposal for Tout Quarry Portland, Dorset / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-11034-11249
Scope and Contents

This project makes use of one of the giant blocks of stone that lie abandoned in Tout Quarry Portland. The inscription is derived from Virgil's Aeneid Book III: "Gods of the Earth, Gods of the Sea, Gods who rule over storms, give us a wind to help our voyage, and may your breat bring us aid." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

A Remembrance of Annette (1): The Rushhaus Proposal / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12546-12774
Scope and Contents

This is a proposal for a memorial to the poet, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848) who lived in Munster, Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

A Remembrance of Annette (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-11814-12033
Scope and Contents

This is a proposal for a memorial to the poet, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848), who lived in Munster, Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Klassische Landschaft , 1985

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12569-12801
Scope and Contents

Two versions of a landscape by Johann Christian Reinhart are altered by the words Xaipe and W ave inscribed into stones in the foreground. The former means hail or farewell in Greek and ave in the latter picture means the same in Latin. The addition of w creating the word wave relates to the flowing spring. There is a stone in Finlay's garden inscribed WAVE/ave. Printed by the Stellar Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Liberty Equality Eternity: An Installation for the New Gallery of Modern Art, Ingram Street, Glasgow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Simig, Pia Maria; Hincks, Gary., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35265-36999
Scope and Contents

Finlay proposes to inscribe each word of the title onto a guillotine blade to be set into three deeply recessed windows of the gallery. The proposal documents his reasons and depicts line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Projet pour un Parc Republicain / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-12505-12732
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a landscape viewed from above with a classical Greek temple and trees. The path in the center has the shape of an axe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

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