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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Sea Poppy 1, 1966

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12461-12688
Scope and Contents

The numbers of Scottish fishing ships, printed in red, are arranged in a mandala on a blue background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Sea Poppy 2, 1968

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12456-12683
Scope and Contents

Depicts names of Scottish fishing ships with Star as a component of their names printed in green and arranged as a mandala on a blue background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Sea Poppy Mosaic, 1969

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-12054-12278
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's numbers placed within a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Sea Poppy Mosaic [early trial photocopy], 1969

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-58301-10001533
Scope and Contents

The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's identification numbers placed within a fraction of a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Seashells, 1971

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
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

Six Proposals for the Improvement of Stockwood Park Nurseries in the Borough of Luton, 1986

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11753-11971
Scope and Contents

Five prints were adapted by Hinks from drawings by Claude Lorrain (1640, 1642, 1643, 1649). The texts of the tree plaques for this proposal were taken from classical sources in Latin and Greek literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Some Myths of Concrete Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Mayer, Peter; Chopin H; Bann S; Finlay IH; Mills S; Belloli C; Finch P; Gomringer E; Wright E; Fahlstrom O; Themerson S; Jandl E; Morgan E; Furnival J., 1972

 Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
Identifier: CC-17728-18097
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from Stereo Headphones No.5, 1972. The authors debunk the assertion of Stuart Mills who in Akros No.18, 1972 stated that the poem-poster was introduced by Ian-Hamilton Finlay. They go on to further describe the pioneers of Concrete Poetry in their opinion. Rebuttals to their conclusions by Stephan Bann and Henri Chopin are also published. Mentions that Ernest Fenellosa, who died in 1908, used the term 'concrete poetry' in an essay, 'The Chinese Character as a Medium for Poetry' in 1901. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Spitfire Segments/Messerschmitt Mottle, 1975

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12336-12562
Scope and Contents

This print is not listed in Finlay's book, Prints 1963-1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

[Sundial], 1967

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-12350-12576
Scope and Contents

This photograph depicts a sundial sculpture, "The Four, Seas, -Ons In, Sail. A sail is placed in the center to deflect the sun and cast a shadow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Sundial Print: Umbra Solis, 1975

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12399-12625
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive also holds the card and the drawing with the same title. 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: 1975

Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1985

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-27821-28954
Scope and Contents

This finely printed book consists of a listing of aphorisms such as 1) Vengeance is an act of good faith, 2) Concrete poems were thought childish because they were seen but not heard, 3) Schemes for making a great deal of money usually cost a lot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Taschenbuch der Panzer, 1981

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11758-11976
Scope and Contents

The eight colored prints play off the image of the Pansey, the flower as a camouflaged image of Panzer, the German armored tank. A section of this book is entitled, "Detached Sentances on Camouflage: In the Manner of Shenstone. William Snenstone (1714-1763) was a poet and gardner. This list aphorisms about floral and military tank camouflage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Telegrams from My Windmill / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-11679-11897
Scope and Contents

This is Finlay's first book of concrete poetry based upon a typed layout. Sixtenn poems are printed in red color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Temple, n, 1984

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-12088-12312
Scope and Contents

Temple denotes the exhibition space at Finlay's residence. The caption under an image of a Greek temple includes a definition, a quote from The Metamorphosis of Ovid, and the storming of Finlay's Temple by the Strathclyde region tax collectors who launched a surprise attack on Budget day, March 15, and successfully looted the garden TEMPLE. The definition is "a marbled edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit of reason." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Terror/Virtue, 1983

 Item — Box 184: [Barcode: 31858072459542]
Identifier: CC-12419-12646
Scope and Contents

The leaflet provides an explanation for the image on the medal. Virtue is signified by two classical columns and terror by the two posts of the Guillotine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

The First Battle of Little Sparta, February 4, 1983 (Flute, Begin with Me), 1984

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-12418-12645
Scope and Contents

The medal depicts an automatic machine gun as a metaphor for a flute; commemorates first episode of an assult by the Strathclyde Region tax collectors on Finlay's home. The leaflet accompanyimg this medal commemorating the incident is a visual pun on Virgil's flute, with the vents in the barrel-sleeve as the finger-stops. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Flip Side of Language, 1966

 Item — Box 643
Identifier: CC-59905-10002955
Scope and Contents

This essay is another copy of the manuscript with slightly different handwritten correctionss and appeared in ISIS No.1507, 1966, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

The Forest and the Revolution, 1981

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Scope and Contents

Flyer advertising a series of exhibitions entitled "The Forest and the Revolution" held from May-October 1981 in Stonypath Garden and the Garden Temple in Finlay's Little Sparta in Lanarck, Scotland. Exhibitions included "Souvenirs of the French Revolution", "Nine Columns", "Names on Trees", "Talismans and Signifiers", "Classic Landscapes", "Pantheon of the Revolution", "Zeno and Epicurus", "Raspberry Camouflage", and "Spartan and Old Roman Promenades", as well as other publications and plantings.

Dates: 1981

The Harbour at Gravelines, 1978

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12370-12596
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a blue pointillist image of the harbor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Little Seamstress, 1970

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-12389-12615
Scope and Contents

Depicts a sail boat with the tip of its mast in juxtaposition with the horizon like sewing the horizon as it sails. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970