Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Contains 47 Results:
Au Pair Girl 1, 1964
The photograph appears to be a distorted image of the repeticious title placed on a loose fabric. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Au Pair Girl 2, 1964
The photograph appears to be a distorted image of the repeticious title placed on a loose fabric. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Myths, 1991
Epicurus at Chatou, 1985
This book is identical to the edition published by Frankfurter Kunstverein except that the colophon is printed in English rather than German. Both editions are held by the Sackner Archive. The poems, printed one to a page, are left in white on different colored backgrounds of narrow rectangles. Some of the poems have also been issued as cards or prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Taschenbuch der Panzer, 1981
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.
Un Jardin Revolutionnaire, 1988
This proposal for a revolutionary garden in Versailles was never carried out owing to a political perception in France that Finlay espoused pro-Nazi, anti-semitic views (this opinion is not shared by the Sackners). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
L'Embarquement pour l'Ile de Cythere: Homage to Watteau, 1975
The title of the work is printed on the folder; the print is of green stock paper and has a caption at its bottom that is entitled, ANTIQUE WOVE. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Flowers: Fill in the Flowers with Colours, 1977
This poem was composed after a work by Tom and Laurie Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Ulysses Was Here, 1979
A wash-like painting of the sky, the sea, a road, a desert, with "Ulysses Was Here" printed on the road in classical typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
At the Field's Edge (1), 1976
The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary hut." The poem is printed on the bottom of the back page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
At the Field's Edge (2), 1976
The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary Hut." This copy is neither signed nor numbered and probably represents an acceptable proof copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
At the Field's Edge (3), 1976
The cabin of an aircraft carrier above the landing field is used as a metaphor for the accompanying poem by Finlay, "At the field's edge, on the vertiginous cliff-top, stood a solitary Hut." The drawing is structured over a Finlay work "sea ms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Schooner Sundial: Umbris Solis, 1975
These drawings were done for a sundial sculpture to be made from Portland Stone and Westmorland Slate. The completed sculpture, Umbris Solis, was installed in the National Galleries of Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sea Poppy Mosaic, 1969
The image depicts a random arrangement of ship's numbers placed within a circular shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Temple, n, 1984
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.
Sail/Pear, 1975
This work was presumably for a unique piece. The seven drawings were mounted on one sheet of paper and the two drawings on another sheet of paper. They consist of slightly different calligraphic styles for these two words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
L'Etoile, 1975
The drawings consist of the same phrase appears with slightly different calligraphic styles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
AEIOU Blue & Gloire de Marengo, 1976
These preparatory drawings were intended for glass water-floating sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Battle of Midway, 1976
The bee symbol in this drawing suggests the sea (bee) and hive symbolizing the aircraft carriers. The text is written in old English characters. This drawing served as preparatory drawings for a subsequently realized print that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
RYPS, 1973
This is not an English word - its meaning is unclear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
