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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Staff Only

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lasciate Ogni Speranza..., 1987

 Item — Folder 61: [Barcode: 31858072537958]
Identifier: CC-12901-13192
Scope and Contents

This admonishment in Italian by the Saint-Just Vigilantes means in English, "Abandon every hope to you that enter!" It refers to the Strathclyde tax collectors with whom Finlay had a major dispute. This print appeared in two versions, printed in red and in black; this version is printed in red; the other version in black is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES

True Vine / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1997

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-58409-10001626
Scope and Contents

The print depicts the same seven vertically arranged labels of measurements that was adapted from Ben Nicholson's "Letters and Numbers." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Ian Hamilton Finlay