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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925-10-28 - 2006-03-27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1954 Collections and/or Records:

And How Many Divisions Has Arcady / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-12070-12294
Scope and Contents

Depicts an armored tank camouflaged with vegetation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Angelique et Medor / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-12317-12543
Scope and Contents

Angelique and Medoro were classical lovers who, whether in celebration or complaint, carved their names on trees. The image is an abstracted version of a tree with their names inscribed upon it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Anthology / Finlay, Alec, editor ; Finlay IH ; MacLow J ; Cutts S ; Waanders H ; Clark TA ; Buchler P ; Tuttle R ; Finlay A ; Weiner L., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-30372-31787
Scope and Contents

The labels are printed poems in varied typefaces and colors that are referenced to the titles written on each page. The handwritten titles appear to be done by different people but their origins are not identified. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Anticipations / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-11782-12001
Scope and Contents

This booklet consists of philosophical quotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Aphrodite of the Terror / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; de Valdivia, Marco., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12116-12340
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a black and white photograph of a sculpture of Aphrodite with her right arm covering her breasts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Apollinaire: A Variation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35371-37105
Scope and Contents

This poem, based on "Il Pleut" by Apollinaire, has drawings of little leaves instead of the letters. This symbolizes the falling of leaves in the fall rather than rain as in the original poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Apollinaire: A Variation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary; Apollinaire G., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-28817-30135
Scope and Contents

This poem, based on "Il Pleut" by Apollinaire, has drawings of little leaves instead of the letters. This symbolizes the falling of leaves in the fall rather than rain as in the original poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Apollo and Daphne (after Bernini) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-58211-10001464
Scope and Contents

This is a poster of the same image of the print in the Sackner Archive printed for the Cambridge Poetry Festival at the Kettle's Yard Gallery. The bottom edge contains details of the exhibition. Finlay cites two references to this image as follows: Ovid's Metamorphoses and Wittkower's The Sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Historical Research Unit, Uniforms of the SS. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12375-12601
Scope and Contents

In this version of the print the figures of Apollo in red and Daphne in green are combined into a green tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-58404-10001621
Scope and Contents

In this version of the print the figures of Apollo and Daphne are outlined in black and are combined into an outlined tree all against the image of a drawn black brick wall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Apollo in Strathclyde / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Alexander, Marius., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-12099-12323
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a black and white photograph of a field in Strathclyde near Finlay's home. It is captioned, The wine-red sea, the turnip-marbled field. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Apples / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12976-13268
Scope and Contents

The poem describes Finlay's impression of a Pissaro landscape painting involving apple trees. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Arbre de la Liberte / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12160-12384
Scope and Contents

ThIs poem is presented in the shape of a tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Arbre (Tree) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-12059-12283
Scope and Contents

Poem lists words related to the image of a tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Arcadia / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Oliver, George., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12362-12588
Scope and Contents

The image is an armored tank camoulaged with green leaves and background suggesting a garden but there is a contradiction to the title which refers to the pastoral mountainous region in ancient Greece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Arcadia: W.D. Property / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Micheal., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35209-36943
Scope and Contents

The image on this card reads in bold type "Arcadia." Below it in smaller type is W.D. Property. The latter relates to the action taken by the Strathclyde Region taxation office on Little Sparta in 1995. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Arcadian Gliders / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Wheatley, Steve; Lane B., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-12530-12758
Scope and Contents

Consists of a boxed set of nine papercard model gliders to be cut from the prints. Each glider has been embellished with a military decal of the countries that fought World War II along with the name of a garden plant that has been printed on the rear wing. This was published in an unlimited edition. William Allen comments: Outer box made by the cult small press publisher Brian Lane. Box contains bag of elastic bands, nine silkscreen prints of different Arcadian glider kits and an instruction booklet. "Each airplane is embellished with a military decal and the name of an appropriate common garden feature has been printed on the rear wing. When the airplanes have been constructed, they may either be displayed together as a squadron or, if you have access to a garden, they should be carefully placed in the relevant spot to act as markers or name tags and a pleasing focus of interest for when the flowers are out of season." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Arcadian Revolutionary and Avant Gardener / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-58783-10002020
Scope and Contents

Jennifer R. Gross has contributed a scholarly, in depth essay "Them's Fightin' Words" to the catalogue. Her research and interpretations of Finlay's work add significantly to the critical texts of this multi- talented artist. The exhibition contained 112 pieces by Finaly and his collaboartors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014