Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 1986 Collections and/or Records:
[Stationery of The Wild Hawthorn Press] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1980
Stem and Stern , 1991
Sticker for Victory / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987
This card depicts a black and white photograph of a row of architectural books including "Follies a National Trust Guide" by Gwyn Headley and Wim Meulenkamp with a sticker placed on the spine "Censored by the Saint-Just Vigilantes." The authors of this book were critically antagonistic to Finlay's Temple Garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Still-Life / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Rossi, Carlo., 1989
Still Life with Lemon / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1970
Stonechats / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1967
Stonechats / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1967
The cover is discolored but the pages are preserved. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Stonypath Garden and Gallery Series: Elegiac Inscription / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John; McQueen, Michael., 1975
This is a b&w photograph from Stonypath garden that depicts a carved stone inscribed "See Poussin Hear Lorrain." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Stonypath Garden and Gallery Series: The Great Piece of Turf / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Durer, Albrecht; McQueen, Michael., 1975
This card depicts a carved stone inscribed with Durer's mark set in the Stonypath garden. It is a riff on a famous Albrecht Durer watercolor entitled, "Piece of Lawn." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Stonypath Garden and Gallery Series: U.S.S. Nautilus / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John; McQueen, Michael., 1975
This card consisting of a b&w photograph depicts a carved stone submarine in Stonypath garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Straiks / Cutts, Simon ; Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; McK Glen, Sydney., 1973
This booklet is cited in two places because the first author listed is Cutts but it is listed in the Finlay bibliography. Straiks" or "strakes" are stripes of different color from the rest of the surface of which they form a part (OED). The text plays upon variations: streams, streets, streaks, straiks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Straiks / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Cutts, Simon ; McK Glen, Sydney., 1973
This booklet is cited in two places because the first author mentioned is Cutts but the booklet is listed in Finlay's bibliography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Strathclyde Region / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1982
Strathclyde Region Made War on Little Sparta / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996
The poem printed in red below the blue title reads, "Strathclyde Region is no More." This poem relates to the battle between Finlay and the Strathclyde Region taxation office. It is based upon a statement made during the French Revolution. "Lyons made war on Liberty/Lyons is no more/18th day of the first month of the Year Two/of the French Republic, One and Indivisible." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Strathclyde Times, The. Jun / Finlay IH., 1983
Deals with Finlay's problems with the Scottish art establishment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Streiflichter / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Stirling, Annet., 1994
The six inscribed fragments concerning the French Revolution 1789-1805 were composed by Finlay and carved by Stirling in Portland stone. The exhibition was curated by Finlay and Simig. The commentary was written by Siegfried Blasche. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sub Specie Aeternitatis / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1981
Finlay plays off a stylized image of a submarine with its conning tower against a plant with a similar structure. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sublime / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1992
The poem in its first stanza reads, "Where the eagles circle in the darkness, the sons of the alps cross from precipace to precipace, fearlessly, on the flimsiest rope of bridges." The second stanza reads, "In the Place de la Revolution the man made mountain torrent clatters and clatters." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Suicide Note / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Mayakovsky V., 1992
The first stanza of the poem that reads "The canoe of life is shattered..." is taken from Mayakovsky's suicide note. The second stanza that reads "The windblown willow's leaves hide the path" is a caption to the drawing of leaves on the cover of the folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.