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Seashells, 1971

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
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

  • Creation: 1971

Creator

Full Extent

0 See container summary (1 print (silkscreen) in folder (papercard)) ; 31 x 27 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Original Sackner location: shelf binder 1904

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Stonypath, Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Signed by: Ian Hamilton Finlay (b.c.- folder backcover). Nationality of creator: Scottish and British. General: About 350 total copies. 76 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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