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The exhibition was curated by David Brown. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cover designed by Laurie Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a line drawing of a sailing vessel bow named Adventurer - Bath. This is a head-on drawing of a sailing ship with what looks like a liquid soap dispenser in the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In this Archive, Finlay indicates that this booklet is a collection of 'one-word poems' about boats. The boats are illustrated, as types, in silhouette-form, and the words are to be thought of as being a kind of 'verbal silhouette' or boat-epigram. He explains the reasons for selection of the boat types into the booklet and states that "the idea will be to keep the printed text the same size - as it were - as the illustrations, so that the text can be thought of as kind of a 'verbal' silhouette." These instructions are provided to Laurie Clark for the illustrations and to Michael Harvey for the text layout. In a letter dated 15 August 1973 to Tom and Laurie Clark about the project, he discusses the writings of Simone Weil, is pleased that they liked "Straiks," brings up the Fulcrum Press controversy, mentions ideas for the illustrations of "Silhouettes" that Laurie should draw, and recommends two books to be read. In a letter dated 1 October 1973 to Tom and Laurie Clark, Finlay...

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The card of the same title was never released to the public. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Depicts two picture poems, viz., The Lone Sail and Schooner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a grid for the 12 months in which each panel depicts an activity in Finlay's garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a line drawing of a flower bouquet and a caption, Charm, n., a something pleasing in a person or thing; it came in with the Revolution and went out with the war. Revolution refers to the French Revolution in this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a line drawing of a beach, a boat on the sand and a church. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed after a work by Tom and Laurie Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.