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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1986 Collections and/or Records:

Lexical Diversions of Ian Hamilton Finlay / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-12079-12303
Scope and Contents

Provides Finlay's descriptions of architectural elements, e.g., column is a consonancy of drums and flutes, volute is a form subsisting in the tree-bark, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Liberal Democracy Lacks a Blackboard / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12131-12355
Scope and Contents

The text is a call for membership in the Saint-Just vigilantes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Liberty Equality Eternity: An Installation for the New Gallery of Modern Art, Ingram Street, Glasgow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Simig, Pia Maria; Hincks, Gary., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35265-36999
Scope and Contents

Finlay proposes to inscribe each word of the title onto a guillotine blade to be set into three deeply recessed windows of the gallery. The proposal documents his reasons and depicts line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Liberty, Terror and Virtue / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stathatos, John., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-10816-11026
Scope and Contents

The black & white photograph on this card depicts wax drippings from the stolen candlesticks, TERROR and VIRTUE. Accompanying documentation, la liberte ou la mort in the center of the scene, is a study of the rhetoric of the Revolution by the French poet, Roche. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

L'Idylle des Cerises / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Harvey, Michael., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-11806-12025
Scope and Contents

This was classified in the Finlay bibliography as a proposal because the bowl of cherries was to be utilized as the centerpiece for a garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Ligue des Droits de l'Homme / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12509-12736
Scope and Contents

This is an attack on Michel Blum, head of the League of Human Rights in Paris for his part in refusing Finlay's commission to the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Ligue des Droits / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-12178-12402
Scope and Contents

This is an indirect attack on Michel Blum and the Ligue des Droits for rejection of Finlay's commission for the city of Paris. The poem reads, "l'homme - l'homme - l'homme - l'homme - some. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Ligue / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-12177-12401
Scope and Contents

This is an attack on Michel Blum who was responsible in part for rejection of Finlay's commission for the city of Paris through the "Ligue des Droits de l'Homme." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988