Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925-10-28 - 2006-03-27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 1945 Collections and/or Records:
A Seasonal Monument to the Soviet Poet Mayakovsky / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
The sentence printed on this card, "The smashed canoes of the Salix fragilis," is dedicated to the Soviet Poet Mayakovsky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Selection of English Books for the Frankfurter Kunstverein / Cutts, Simon, editor ; Clark TA ; Wheatley S ; Lane B ; Finlay IH ; Long R ; Weiner L ; Coleman L ; Fidler M., 1981
A Seychelles Stradivarius / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Boulton, Janet., 1996
The image on the card depicts a watercolor of a sail boat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Shaded Path (1) , 1987
This is a proposal for a straight and level path of 78 clay bricks stamped with names of Virgil in place of the maker's name. The path is to be built indoors, on a level floor, or out-of-doors on any grass-covered level ground without shade. Finlay s walk upon but for the mind to follow. It leads from Carl Andre's brick compositions to an elegiac classicism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Small Classical Dictionary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1981
Definitions of several words, e.g., arrow, bark, corot, etc. are printed one to a page but the definitions are contradictions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Traditional Russet Tint / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Micheal., 1996
The poem printed on this card relates to color of sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Tree of Liberty / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1990
This depicts a tree with a locked chain wrapped around it; the caption indicates that it had been planted by the individuals (named) hostile to Finlay's proposed commission for the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Use for Old Beehives / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; De Marco, Richard., 1970
The poem reads, "An old beehive, upturned on the lown, makes a suitable receptacle for snowdrifts." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Valentine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993
A Valentine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997
The poem was adapted from listings of ships by Fishing News. The card lists the specifications of three ships, Swanella, Sweet Promise, and Swift. Sweet Promise is printed in bold type as the poem for the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Valentine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1998
The card depicts a line drawing of a British naval ship with the name, "Heartsease." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Valentine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002
The image on the cover is a stylized, blue fishing boat with the caption Honeysuckle K 27. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Variation on Lines by Pope / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1986
Variation on lines by Alexander Pope from "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day" are texts to be inscribed on scattered fragments of classic masonry. Printed by the Stellar Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Very Particular Hill / Turnbull, Gael ; Finlay IH., 1963
This is the fourth publication of Finlay's press. Linocuts, consisting of abstract images, scattered throughout the book adjacent to the poems were done by Alexander McNeish. The themes of the poems mainly relate to Turnbull's travels in Canada and America. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A View on the Hedgehog Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lockhart, Norman., 1983
Depicts a photograph of Little Sparta (Finlay's house) taken through foilage. The caption on verso defines the word, Camouflage, n. a presentation, a concealment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A View to the Temple / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Nikolic, Monica., 1987
Depicts installation view of Finlay's Guillotine project for Documenta. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Visual Primer by Yves Abrioux, 2nd Edition / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Bann S., 1992
A Walk at Stonypath / Edeline, Francis; Lesley Lendrum, translator; Finlay IH., 1980
A review of the Arcadian garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay that is stored in Finlay box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Wartime Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley, Ron ; Andrew, John., 1990
The book consists of photographic reproductions of Finlay's picture poem drawings and carvings on stone, viz., drawings by Finlay with Ron Costley & reliefs carved in Portland stone, with John Andrew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.