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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:

Ocean Stripe Series 5 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Jandl E ; DeVree P ; Schwitters K., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-11703-11921
Scope and Contents

The text taken from Jandl, Schwitters and De Vree is printed as captions to photographs of ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Ocean Stripe Series 5 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Jandl E ; DeVree P ; Schwitters K., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-11704-11922
Scope and Contents

The text taken from Jandl, De Vree and Schwitters is printed as captions to photographs of ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Of Famous Arcady Ye Are / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-12068-12292
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an armored tank camouflaged by a garden scene. The title is a quote from John Milton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Of Famous Arcady Ye Are / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-58212-10001465
Scope and Contents

The image is of a tank in a garden with the quote of John Milton in the shrubbery. One of the copies of the posters has been folded. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Alphabet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12597-12829
Scope and Contents

This depicts an alphabetical listing of two and three letter identification codes for the names of Scottish fishing vessels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Alphabet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Stirling, Annet., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12978-13270
Scope and Contents

This booklet consists of a listing of the calling initials of Scottish fishing boats in alphabetical arrangements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Once Again , 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-48143-69166
Scope and Contents

First printing. Bory's introduction traces the history of the concrete poetry movement and its aesthetic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

One Orange Arm of the World's Oldest Windmill: Autumn (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Allen, Maxwell., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-11876-12097
Scope and Contents

The stone sculpture inscribed with the title of this work is set below the shade of a tree. The leaves of the branch of the tree in Autumn represent the orange windmill. Finlay has written on a note on the verso," One Orange Arm.. Stone in associaltion with Maxwell Allen." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

One Orange Arm of the World's Oldest Windmill: Autumn (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Allen, Maxwell., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-57723-10000977
Scope and Contents

The stone sculpture inscribed with the title of this work is set below the shade of a tree. The leaves of the branch of the tree in Autumn represent the orange windmill. Finlay has written on a note on the verso," One Orange Arm. Stone in associaltion with Maxwell Allen." The Sackner Archive also holds the same photograph signed on the verso by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Opening: Standing Poem 4: Pole/Night. No.3 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; John Furnival., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-11937-12160
Scope and Contents

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Opening: Standing Poem 4: Pole/Night. No.3 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; John Furnival., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-37977-39860
Scope and Contents

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Opening: Standing Poem 4: Pole/Night. No.3 / Ian Hamilton Finlay ; John Furnival., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-37978-39861
Scope and Contents

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Orange Au Pair Girl / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-11865-12086
Scope and Contents

The size of this edition is not known nor is it listed in Finlay's book Prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Order Is Repetition / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-10983-11196
Scope and Contents

The poem reads, "Order in repetition [printed in black] - as in rat-a-tat [printed in red]." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Origins of British Experimental Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Gomringer E; Houedard DS; Finlay IH; Morgan E; deMelo e Castro EM; Garnier P; Chopin H; Novak L; Fahlstrom O; Cox K; Williams J; Edmonds T., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-17671-18039
Scope and Contents

Cobbing discusses the early concrete poems of Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Kenelm Cox, Dom Sylvester Houedard, and Tom Edmonds in depth. This essay is unbpubished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973