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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1790 Collections and/or Records:

Schooner Sundial: Umbris Solis / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12008-12231
Scope and Contents

These drawings were done for a sundial sculpture to be made from Portland Stone and Westmorland Slate. The completed sculpture, Umbris Solis, was installed in the National Galleries of Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Score Sheet: Folowing in the Footsteps of Chaos. No.46 / Walt Phillips., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-31057-32519
Scope and Contents

Phillips has added in ink and handwriting the phrase "following in the footsteps of" to a picture poem printed with the title Chaos!!! The image in this poem is a highly abstract line drawing of a figure. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Sundial: Umbra Solis Non Aeris / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael; Paterson, Dave; Bann, Stephen., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12022-12245
Scope and Contents

This depicts a photograph of a sundial sited at the museum. The drawing for this work is also held by the Sackner Archive. The motto refers to the fact that it is the "golden sun" that is the origin of the shadow which indicates the solar hour. This work is also depicted in Bulletin of the National Galleries of Scotland No.3, a pamphlet periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Scottish Zulu , 1970

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12438-12665
Scope and Contents

Depicts Scottish sailing ship with black sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Scythe/Lightening Flash , 1990

 Item — Folder 62: [Barcode: 31858072537966]
Identifier: CC-12503-12730
Scope and Contents

Depicts image of scythes whose blades becomes transformed into a lightening flash, a metaphor for the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Sea Coast after Claude Lorraine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1985

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12571-12803
Scope and Contents

Depicts a seascape with inscribed flat stones (Liber Veritas) in the foreground -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Seashells / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Procter, Ian; Costley, Ron; Bann S., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-11863-12084
Scope and Contents

The essay written by Stephen Bann on the back inside folder explains the metaphor of grouping designs of hulls of sailing ships like sea shells in a display case. Proctor is a ship designer and Costley the artist who made this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Selected Poems: Beyond Even Faithful Legends, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-22196-22618
Scope and Contents

Cover painting by bissett. Len Early wrote the introduction to this selection of bissett's poems from 1962-1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Self-portrait in a Teapot / Furnival, John; Vince, John., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-13181-13482
Scope and Contents

In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Self-portrait in the Glaze of a Teapot (1) / Furnival, John; Vince, John., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-13179-13480
Scope and Contents

In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Self-portrait in the Glaze of a Teapot (2) / Furnival, John., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-13180-13481
Scope and Contents

In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Seven Bollards / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Andrew, John ; Simig, Pia Maria ; Hincks, Gary., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12599-12831
Scope and Contents

A bollard is a thick low post on a wharf which is used to moor ships with a rope. This book depicts bollards for a decoration of a Scottish Shopping Centre, The Gyle - Edinburgh. Reproductions of drawings are depicted one to a page. Each is inscribed with the name of a ship which also alludes to a poem or quotation generally from classical literature as indicated in footnotes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Seven Seed Packets / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-12468-12695
Scope and Contents

Depicts seven flattened paper, seed packets with identical images om one side, a watering can and flowers; the name of seven leaders of the French revolution is a metaphor for the seeds, e.g., Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthin, etc. On the other side of the packet, a tri-color ribbon is attached to the middle of a tombstone. These packets have outlines to allow cutting and folding to form a three dimensional seed packet. They are a metaphor to the events of the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Seventy Sixty Fifty Not Out! Well Played, Sir!, 1999

 Item — Folder 59: [Barcode: 31858072537933]
Identifier: CC-33470-35114
Scope and Contents

The print, done in commemoration of Jonathan Williams' 70th birthday, shows him playing cricket. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

she loves him: Valentine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12268-12492
Scope and Contents

The back cover of the card reads, "Valentine." The flower at the beginning of each phrase of the poem is depicted in its recto view. A card with the same layout with the title "he loves her" is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992