Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 1986 Collections and/or Records:
Cythera Plan / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lyle, Peter., 1979
This depicts plans for a landscaped version of the poem Cythera first published as a booklet in 1965. The Sackner Archive holds the Archive for this work entitled Botanics "Cythera." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
D1 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1982
Dada Spoof Is Elegant Revenge for Edinburgh / Lister, David; Finlay IH., 1989
Article describes the St. Just Vigilantes' defense of Ian Hamilton Finlay after the French government cancelled his commission stating that the artist was "inspired by Nazism." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dada spoof is elegant revenge for Edinburgh[CR]Dada Spoof is Elegant Revenge / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
Deals with posters put up during the Festival of Dada and Surrealism supporting Finlay's cause when his work was cancelled by the French government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Daddy, What Did You Do in the Little Sparta War / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983
This card depicts a Norman Rockwell-like image of a daughter sitting on a father's lap and inquiring about something she has read in a book. The title caption related to Finlay's battles with the Strathclyde tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Daisies / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1971
das gepflugte Land - the fluted land / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1998
das gepflugte Land - the fluted land / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1998
There is another card by Finlay held by the Sackner Archive with the same title but without an image. This card depicts an image of a furrowed field. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
das gepflugte Land - the fluted land / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Nash, John R.., 1998
There are two other cards by Finlay with the same title, held by the Sackner Archive. In this print, the image is a calligraphic rendering of the title by Nash. Finlay remarks, "A permissable (mis)translation expands the suggestiveness of the German and evokes a range of associations with classical antiquity." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dating the Navy / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Ivancic, Nina., 1998
The poem reads "Dating the Navy -Val and the image is a red silhouette of a Japanese aircraft of WWII, the Aichi Navy Type Carrier Bomber." Val was an Allied code name for this airplane. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
de Man / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989
The image on this card is a French rabbit hunt with people on horses acompanied with dogs and the name de Man inscribed on the body of the rabbit. de Man was the site of Finlay's ultimately rejected commission for the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
DEEP-V HULL - geese (from Exhibition "Presences of Nature," Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1982
Definitions Of Lawns (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1974
This depicts a garden U-Boat conning tower sculpture (metaphor for silo?) and a cow separated from it by a moat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Delegation Without Response / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
Delight / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1996
The poem deals with opening the hold of a fishing boat and seeing that the nets are bulging with fish. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Der Tag / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1972
The caption "Der Tag" (the day) in old German letters appears under a drawing of a steamboat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Designed Words for Designed Worlds: The International Concrete Poetry Movement, 1955-1971 [A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy] / Hilder, Jamie ; Finlay IH ; DeCampos A ; Nichol bp ; Pignatari D ; DeCampos H ; Chopin H ; Roth D ; Williams E ; McLuhan M ; Fiore Q ; Bory JF ; Burda V ; Knowles A ; Gomringer E ; Hirsal J ; Grogerova B ; Azeredo R ; Grunewald JL ; Gappmayr H ; Garnier I ; Garnier P ; Mon F ; Solt ME ; Fernbach-Flarscheim C ; Andre C ; Mayer HJ ; Graham D ; Acconci V ; Sarenco ; Sharkey JJ ; Ferro L ; Thomkins A ; Scobie S ; Blaine J ; McCaffery S ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Watson S ; Fahlstrom O ; Dohl R ; Arp H ; VanDoesburg T ; Bill M ; Weaver M ; Kostelanetz R ; Phillips T ; Weiner L ; Ruscha E ; Cage J ; MacLow J ; Isou I ; Houedard DS ; Furnival J ; Bann S ; Bowler B ; Klonsky M ; Cook G ; Scobie S ; Chopin H ; DeVree P ; Grunewald JL ; Goldsmith K ; Kotz L ; Flynt H ; Art & Language ; LeWitt S ; Kosuth J ; Smithson R ; Graham D ; Siegelaub S ; Rosler M ; Cordeiro W ; Drucker J ; Kitasono K., 2010
Desmoulins Collections: The Desmoulins Connection / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
The poems are printed on different colored paper stock and deal with Finlay's rejected commission for the city of Paris. Several are quotes from French revolutionary protagonists while others are vintage Finlay, e.g., "One speaks cynically of Fair Play till one has had to deal with the French, Since 1944 Paris has been occupied by the French, Allegation, n. in France, an Occupational hazard." etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Detached Sentences on Friendship / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Lindsley, Kathleen., 1991
Dialogue / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987
This is a polemic against Headley and Meulenkamp, the authors of "Follies: A National Trust Guide." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.