The First Battle of Little Sparta, February 4, 1983 (Flute, Begin with Me), 1984
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
- Creation: 1984
Creator
- Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006 (Person)
Full Extent
2 items (2 objects) : 1 medal (brass plated aluminum) + folded leaflet ; 3 x 6 cm (medal) + 20 x 14 cm (leaflet)
Language of Materials
English
Original Sackner Archive Location
glass case 2 bedroom
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Nationality of creator: Scottish. Copies: About 30 total copies.
Processing Information
Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa
319-335-5921
