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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1988 Collections and/or Records:

Two Elegies / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35345-37079
Scope and Contents

The cards each provide commercial specifications of a sailboat, one marked sold, the other withdrawn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Two Horizons, 1998

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-31587-33085
Scope and Contents

The spools of thread in a box were mailed to the Sackners as a Christmas gift from Finlay. One spool has blue, the other black thread, serving as a metaphor for clear and stormy weather, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Two Interpolations / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35264-36998
Scope and Contents

The narrative compares classical Greek arcadia with the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Two Milestones Two Lives / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-13000-13292
Scope and Contents

Varennes signifies the city that was the place where the King of France was captured during the French revolution and Vincennes the place where Rousseau had a vision that "...progress had not purified morals at all, but corrupted them disastrously." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Two One-Line Poems for Posties / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35240-36974
Scope and Contents

The poem deals with Finlay's vision of the arriving and departing postal van. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Two Poems (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11100-11315
Scope and Contents

This poem is entitled Des Esseintes and reads The muddied- colours of - the mouthwash - cocktails. The title translate in English to boredom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Two Poems (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11099-11314
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a cap with a Spitfire (British WWII fighter airplane) roundel. The poem reads, A cap - of liberty- with a Spitfire -roundel -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Two Poems / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-52574-73707
Scope and Contents

The poems are printed on facing pages. One is entitled Tombstone and reads, Sundial - without - a gnomon. The other is entitled Marble and reads Parachute - of the gods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Two Poetry Gardens: Giving a Voice to the Genius Loci / Butler, Frances; Finlay IH., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-22076-22493
Scope and Contents

Essay describes Ian-Hamilton Finlay's garden Stonypath in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Two Proposals for the Munich Ehrentemple Sites / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Appleton, Ian., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-12516-12743
Scope and Contents

The images deal with Finlay's notions of denazification of the Ehrentemple sites. In Finlay's bookprints 1963-1997, this work is annotated as teo drawings with commentary but they are probably lithographis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Two Visions / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12303-12528
Scope and Contents

Printed by Stellar Press, this is an attack on the adverse criticism of Finlay's Garden Temple for its architecture in the book, Follies, A National Trust Guide. In this print, Finlay reviews the etymology of the word "folly" and notes that it is derived from the latin word "follis" meaning a ball, balloon or bellows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Tye Cringle / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-12562-12794
Scope and Contents

Finlay's Christmas card consists of a list of 13 words which succinctly tell the Christmas story. The first several words seem to be made-up words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

U&lc. No.3/Sum / Licko Z ; Caxton W ; Ray M ; cummings ee ; Thomas D ; Roth D ; Lamantia P ; Finlay IH ; Herbert G ; Marinetti FT ; Morgenstern C ; Apollinaire G ; Gomringer E ; Muller Ma ; Costin J., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-33292-34925
Scope and Contents

This issue contains illustrated articles on the genesis of the letter 'L,' film posters, and "Love Letters." Allan Haley contributed a biography entitled, "William Caxton: The Modest Translator." Marion Muller's essay "Meant to Be Seen and Not Heard" about concrete and shaped poetry dealt with an exhibition of Arion Press' Shaped Poetry portfolio at MJS Books & Graphics in New York. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990