Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925-10-28 - 2006-03-27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 1945 Collections and/or Records:
A Dryad Discovered / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Jones, Grahame., 1983
The poem is a metaphor for Finlay's dispute with the Strathclyde region tax collectors on a background of camouflage coloring or cloudy dark sky (?). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Family / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1973
Finlay has written a name in red colored ink on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Flute for Saint Just / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983
A Formal Pool for Stockwood Park, Luton , 1992
The inscription around the pool is taken from the "Poem on Nature" by Empedokles, the Presocriatic philosopher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Fragment / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
This was Finlay's Christmas card for 1988. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Frailty in 3 Syllables / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Clark TA., 1998
The image on the cover is a line drawing silhouette of a model airplane. The poem reads balsa MIG. The poem was adapted from a poem written by Thomas A. Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Harbour of Boat Books Cards and Prints / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993 - 1994
Includes the prices of the works on exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Harbour of Roses / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1993
This book done on Christmas 1993 consists of pictures of a named rose, one to a page, that is also captioned by the Scottish numbers for a boat including the port letters for various harbors. The latter is printed as a key at the end of the book. The significance of these captions with regard to their names and the boat numbers is unclear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Heart-Shape / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1971
This card depicts an off-centered red square with white stiches on an orange background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Js Jn SP A / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002
The image is an obscure reference to Scottish fishing boats. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Litany a Requiem / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1981
A Mast of Hankies / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Paterson, Dave., 1975
The conventional poems by Finlay dealing with toy sailing ships are accompanied by photographs of ships taken by Dave Paterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Memory of Summer in Trelew Creek, during Mr Thomas Gray's Building of the Habag / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Nicholson, Jim., 1971
The poem deals with a sailing ship, overgrown with weeds, in an abandoned ship yard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Memory of Summer in Trelew Creek, during Mr Thomas Gray's Building of the Habag / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Nicholson, Jim., 1971
The poem deals with a sailing ship, overgrown with weeds, in an abandoned ship yard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Memory of the 90's / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989
A Mixed Exhibition / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983
Printed by Crispen and Jan Elsted. The exhibition consists of the 11 cards with varied colored and size paper. The printing has been done with different typefaces and colored ink. The theme relates to verbal translations of classical paintings by artists who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. One booklet lists the content of the cards that constitutes the exhibition; the other, denoted Reflections, notes by Finlay and asides by Crispen Elsted. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Model of Order: Selected Letters on Poetry and Making edited Thomas A. Clark / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Niedecker L ; Turnbull G ; Creeley R ; Zukofsky L ; Jandl E ; Johnson R ; Garnier P ; Houedard DS ; Gomringer E ; Cox K ; Bann S ; Clark TA., 2009
A Modest Hero / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1986
The image depicts the Arrosoir (Watering-can) among flowers, the name of the day in the Republican calendar that the Robespierrists were gullotined during the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.