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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1790 Collections and/or Records:

White Blossom in a Strong Wind / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42861-44902
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

Whitewall of Sound: The Machinery of State - 20th Century U.S. Presidents. No.15 / Jim Clinefelter., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-32557-34138
Scope and Contents

Each President is characterized by a photographic reproduction of an industrial metal working machine. The back cover records the following anonymous quote, "every few years, they change one of the gears...but the contraption still runs the wrong way." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Who Owned The Last Norfolk Wherry / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-12353-12579
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a drawing of a Norfolk Wherry (type of sailship) with its sails and hull reflected in the water. The title posing the question is printed on four leaves of the card. Beneath this text as a metaphor for relection on water, the answer is provided in upside down lettering, Messrs. Woods Sadd & Moore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Wild Flower / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12255-12479
Scope and Contents

Image is a British Navy "Flower" class corvette in a storm. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Wild Hawthorn Weapon Series: Cherry Stones / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Paterson, Dave., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12009-12232
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a photograph of models of two V1 rockets employed by the Germans in World War II and the caption refers to the name of the German project to build these rockets, viz., Kirschkern (Cherry Stone). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Wild Hawthorn Weapon Series No.2: Homage to Max Bill / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-33001-34622
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a photograph of a military tank with its two cannons pointing upwards, a metaphor for the constructivistic art of Max Bill. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Wild Hawthorn Weapons Series: Saint-Just Vigilantes Celebrate a Direct Hit / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12137-12361
Scope and Contents

Image refers to Finlay's disagreement with Headley and Meulenkamp of the National Trust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Wildflower, n., A Mean Term between Virtue and Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11073-11288
Scope and Contents

The title signifies the ambiguity of the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Wind in Ripe Barley / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42860-44901
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

Windjammer / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Fidler, Martin., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12052-12276
Scope and Contents

This drawing depicts the ouline of a propeller driven airplane. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Window / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12954-13246
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an impressionist painting of a seascape by P.W. Steer with scattered small whitecaps on the waves. The latter serve as a metaphor for the "Window" in this context which signifies the tin foil strips scattered from aircraft to confuse enemy radar during WW II. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Windowmill, 1967

 Item — Box 312: [Barcode: 31858073143665]
Identifier: CC-13030-13322
Scope and Contents

The square-shaped perforation on the card signifies the window element of the title and the shirt button sewn on the card, the wind..mill of the title which is printed as a label on the box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967