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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:

Spines & Spirals: The Norfolk Books / Coracle Press ; Cutts S ; VanHorn E ; Finlay IH ; Williams J., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-30628-32068
Scope and Contents

Simon Cutts, publisher and poet, writes in an introduction, "It is by now difficult to substantiate any single definition of a book as made by an artist, and indeed this very issue may have been surpassed...These new books attempt to synthasise text, image, material, method of production and context into a unified single work. When this succeeds, the book functions as a primary form." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Spiral Binding / Ian Hamilton Finlay; Ron Costley., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12340-12566
Scope and Contents

This is a standing poem with the silhouette of two sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Spiral Binding / Ian Hamilton Finlay; Ron Costley., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12340-12566
Scope and Contents

This is a standing poem with the silhouette of two sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Spitfire Segments/Messerschmitt Mottle / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1975

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12336-12562
Scope and Contents

This print is not listed in Finlay's book, Prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Spray: Thonier Series / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35445-37181
Scope and Contents

The image on the cover of the card depicts a line drawing of a partial hull of a boat. Thonier might mean a tuna fishing boat, e.g., the French word for tuna is "thon." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Spring / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42852-44893
Scope and Contents

The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks appears to be a scene taken from Finlay's Little Sparta garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Stacked Fishboxes / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35451-37187
Scope and Contents

The image on the cover of the card is a dull red colored print of stacked fishing boxes with three added fishing boat numbers in black typeface adapted from a painting by Ben Nicholson entitled, "Brown with Little Squares." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Standing Poem 1: Pear/Appear / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-11963-12186
Scope and Contents

This is the first card designed by Finlay. This copy needs to be cleaned and has a small tear on one edge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Standing Poem 1: Pear/Appear / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1963

 Item
Identifier: CC-11964-12187
Scope and Contents

This is the first card designed by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Standing Poem 2 (Apple/Heart: First Version) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-12581-12813
Scope and Contents

This is the first version of the poem that has red colored images and black lettering in contrast to the second version that has black colored images and blue lettering. The maquette for this version is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Standing Poem 2 (Apple/Heart: Second Version) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-12582-12814
Scope and Contents

This is the second version of the poem that has black colored images and blue lettering in contrast to the first version that has red colored images and black lettering. The same poem also appears in the periodical Ou No.25, deluxe edition of 10 copies. The latter is held by the Sackner Archive. The maquette for the second version is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Standing Poem 3: Hearts / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-11896-12118
Scope and Contents

In the original citation, only the text card was held. The two cards depicting text and images of hearts, respectively were included in "Agentzia 2," another work held by the Sackner Archive. The image card from "Agentzia 2" has been transferred to this location (Finlay box) for storage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Stationery / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Button, David., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-12322-12548
Scope and Contents

The cover drawing by David Button is a sail boat presumably "stationary" or dead in the water and the print by Ron Costis a ruled blue sheet captioned "stationery." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973