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Calligraphic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Butterfly Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Thomson, George L.., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-11790-12009
Scope and Contents

The word "butterfly" is written on each card in a different style. This work consists of an Illustrated envelope with enclosures. The illustration is of a twig with buds (in green) which has a label attached to it (in brown) with the word 'Butterfly'. The illustration is entitled Butterfly Garden. The envelope contains twelve tags made of yellow card , with a hole at one end and the word 'Butterfly' in either brown or blue, and in varying styles. Twelve small string ties are also enclosed, of fine, white silky cotton (or possibly silk). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Exercise X / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Thomson, George L.., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-11734-11952
Scope and Contents

The poems are captions to variations of the letter "X." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Exercise X / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Thomson, George L.., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-61204-10003925
Scope and Contents

The poems are captions to variations of the letter "X." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Five Fore-and-Afters, 1978

 Item — Box 190: [Barcode: 31858072459609]
Identifier: CC-12905-13196
Scope and Contents

Five names of ships and the names of their ports have been written in green color with a traditional calligraphic style. *WEB 1998: Publisher's name misspelt. Date wrong -- should be 1978. Sackner: corrected. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

SF / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Thomson, George L.., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-12529-12756
Scope and Contents

At Finlay's Serpentine exhibition (1977) in which Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne" was shown, the Nazi SS organization was equated with nature. It signified the ultimate 'wildness' on a scale whose other 'cultivated' extreme was the 18th century. This book traces the progression (or descent) from the civilized script of this period in which 'f's were customerly substituted for 's's - to the double lightening stroke emblem of the SS; a gradation between 'Culture' and 'Nature.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Tea Kettle Drum / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Thomson, George L.., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12015-12238
Scope and Contents

The card depicts the hand drawn title on one fold and the words, "Water Lily Cup" on the other fold. The poem is printed in red and black with the red words forming "Kettle Water Cup." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Tea Kettle Drum / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Thomson, George L.., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12016-12239
Scope and Contents

In contrast to the trade edition in which the words are printed in black and red, the maquette is drawn solely in black ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975