Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

Two examples of the card (The Great Piece of Turf) to be sent out as an invitation are included in this archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Carrier Fountain / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1975

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Identifier: CC-61255-61269

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Carrier Strike! & Poem with 3 Stripes / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Heideken, Carl., 1976

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Identifier: CC-12579-12811

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According to documents in the Archive of this project, Finlay negotiated with Kenward Elmslie for its publication and it was included in an anthology he edited, ZZZZZZ, 1977. The images consist of toy airplanes on an ironing board to simulated an air craft carrie A toy iron served as an icon for an enemy crusier. The photographs give the viewer an impression that the airplanes are flying but this is an illusion accomplished with the photography by Carl Heideken. The printed pages are tear sheets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Ceramic Camouflaged Tanks / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1977

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Identifier: CC-61385-61329

Dates: 1977

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Archive for Chantre / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Zavatsky, Bill; Apollinaire G., 1976

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Identifier: CC-61359-61302

Scope and Contents This Archive solely contains letters from Bill Zavatsky. Wikipedia: Bill Zavatsky (born 1943 Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American poet, journalist, jazz pianist, and translator. Zavatsky could be described as a second-generation New York School poet, influenced by such writers as Frank O'Hara and Kenneth Koch. (Koch was his professor at Columbia University.) In addition to the wry humor typical of the New York School, Zavatsky adds to his poetry an emotional poignancy that gives it additional depth. Zavatsky grew up in a working-class family in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His father was a mechanic who owned a garage. Zavatsky was the first member of his family to graduate from a four-year college. He attended Columbia University, where his fellow students included a dynamic cohort of budding writers, such as Phillip Lopate, Ron Padgett, and David Shapiro. Zavatsky's artistic influences include the jazz pianist Bill Evans, whom Zavatsky got to know late in the musician's...

Dates: 1976

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats