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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 272 Collections and/or Records:

Poppy, n. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Jo., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12136-12360
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a watercolor rendition of poppies captioned with "the Phrygian Flower." Phhrygia refers to an ancient country in central and NW Asia Minor. A Phrygian cap was a soft conical cap associated with the liberty cap in the late 18th and early 19th centuries . Finlay draws attention to poppies as a metaphor for the liberty cap. This card deals with a metaphor for the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Project For A Monument To Saint-Just / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1985

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Identifier: CC-11996-12219
Scope and Contents

Instructions are provided for cutting and folding to form a paper pyramid. The epithets applied to Saint-Just by a contemporary appear on the sculpture, viz., beautiful, fanatical, and dictatorial along with his birth and death dates, 1967-1794. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Propaganda for The Wood-Elves / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Dwight, Harvey., 1981

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Identifier: CC-12504-12731
Scope and Contents

Depicts a tree with the Nazi swastika wrapped around its trunk and an axe on the ground leaning against the tree-trunk. From the title and the brown color of the folder, one might interpret the propaganda of these symbols as the Third Reich and the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Proposal for a Pair of Gate Piers and Finials / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Townsend, Andrew., 1990

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Identifier: CC-12541-12769
Scope and Contents

Finlay explains the artworks (hand grenades mounted on top of brick and stone towers) as follows: The 'pineapple' finials have become fragmentation grenades, while the combination of brick and stone suggests Virtue and Terror. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Proposition pour un Jardin Commemorant la Revolution Francais et Les Droits de l'Homme 1789-1989: Hotel des Menus Plaisers Versailles / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Chematoff, Alexandre ; Finlay, Sue ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Bann S., 1988

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Identifier: CC-34850-36559
Scope and Contents

Stephen Bann contributed an essay on Finlay's proposal, "A revolutionary garden in Versailles." In it, he explains Finlay's choice of trees and bushes and their arrangement in terms of metaphors for the French revolution and the rights of man. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Quin Morere / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1989

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Identifier: CC-12392-12618
Scope and Contents

This print depicts an image of an aged but still sharp-edged guillotine blade inscribed with a Latin line from Virgil's Aeneid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

re-use trees - save paper / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1981

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Identifier: CC-37960-39842
Scope and Contents

This poem deals with recycling paper to preserve the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Reap The Sac Faction / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

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Identifier: CC-11920-12143
Scope and Contents

The message deals with enlisting help for Finlay's despute with the local tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Reply Card / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1978

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Identifier: CC-12044-12268
Scope and Contents

Depicts an armored camouflaged tank with questions and a check box superimposed upon it, e.g. "Thank you for your communication, You are not the only big shot around here," etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Revolution/Virtue/Eloquence/Transparency / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stirling, Annet., 1993

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Identifier: CC-12429-12656
Scope and Contents

The work is composed of 4 prints each a single word formed from a collage of packets of commercial plant seeds. The height of all the prints is the same with the width smaller or larger depending on the number of the letters in the word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Riff-Raff / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-12188-12412
Scope and Contents

The theme of this card is an attack on the authors of the book, "Follies, A National Trust Guide," that discredited Finlay's Temple Garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Rights of Man Declaration / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-57804-10001056
Scope and Contents

Deals with cacellation of Finlay's Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

S.A.C./A.C.G.B./K.G.B. / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1978

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Identifier: CC-12415-12642
Scope and Contents

The acronym signifies Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Arts Council, and the K.G.B. (Russian secret police). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

S.A.C./A.C.G.B./K.G.B. / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-12415-12642
Scope and Contents

The acronym signifies Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Arts Council, and the K.G.B. (Russian secret police). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Sackcloth / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994

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Identifier: CC-12605-12837
Scope and Contents

A brief sentence describing sackcloth with different nouns or adjectives is printed on each page; on the final page the noun is printed in capital letters, REVOLUTION. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Sailors! Revolutionaries! / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12366-12592
Scope and Contents

The image of this print is adapted from a self portrait by Vladimir Tatlin. The coplete text reads "Sailors! Revolutionaries! Learn from you boldness!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Saint-Just Cube / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-12520-12747
Scope and Contents

The print offers instructions for a cut-out of the six sides, each with a letter to read St Just. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986