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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

A Bizarre Building with Some Pretty Good Art Attached / Darwent, Charles; Finlay IH., 1995

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Identifier: CC-45832-48520
Scope and Contents

This is a review of the Seagram corporate art collection installed in Ralph Erskine's Ark building that includes a work of Ian Hamilton Finlay, "Sea Flower." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

A Bizarre Building with Some Pretty Good Art Attached / Darwent, Charles; Finlay IH., 1995

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Identifier: CC-31231-32701
Scope and Contents

This is a review of the Seagram corporate art collection installed in Ralph Erskine's Ark building that includes a work of Ian Hamilton Finlay, "Sea Flower." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Adventurous Provincial Art Centres / Lucie-Smith, Edward; Furnival J; Houedard DS; Finlay IH., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-07547-7691
Scope and Contents

This article describing The Midland Group Gallery in Nottingham specifically relates to an exhibition of concrete poetry, the catalog of which is contained in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

At the ICA, Selections from Four Very Different Collections / Sozanski, Edward J.; Seille G; Phillips T; Finlay IH; Sackner RK; Sackner MA., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-02647-2690
Scope and Contents

This review of Personal Choice: Selections from Four Alumni Collections states that "the Sackner section, installed on the second floor of the ICA, is the most intellectually challenging part of the show." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

At the ICA, Selections from Four Very Differt Collections / Sozanski, Edward J.; Phillips T; Finlay IH; Seille G; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-02717-2760
Scope and Contents

Review of the ICA exhibition "Personal Choice: Selections from Four Penn Alumni Collections" at the University of Pennsylvania in which the Sackner Archive participated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Breaking the Word-Image Barrier / Ollman, Leah; Phillips T; Finlay IH; Tyson I., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-05262-5365
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent unique pages from the first revised edition of "A Humument" by Tom Phillips to this exhibition at UC San Diego's Mandeville Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Concrete Words and Earthy Images / Ingleby, Richard; Finlay IH; Finlay S., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33779-35444
Scope and Contents

This is a review of a photographic exhibition of Ian Hamilton Finlay's garden in Little Sparta at the Portrait Gallery. The reviewer describes the garden as arguably one of the great art works of art ever made on Scottish soil. "Certainly, it's the greatest ever made of Scottish soil - the realisation of one man's vision of a classical garden in the midst of an untamed land." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Dada Spoof Is Elegant Revenge for Edinburgh / Lister, David; Finlay IH., 1989

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Identifier: CC-06952-7075
Scope and Contents

Article describes the St. Just Vigilantes' defense of Ian Hamilton Finlay after the French government cancelled his commission stating that the artist was "inspired by Nazism." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Object Lessons in the Poet's Art / Archer, Michael; Finlay IH., 1995

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Identifier: CC-26883-27355
Scope and Contents

Review of Finlay's exhibitions at Deictorhallen, Hamburg and Victoria Miro Gallery, London on the occasion of Finlay's 70th birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Purity and Thinness in Concrete Poetry / Lucie-Smith, Edward; Schwitters K; Apollinaire G; Finlay IH; Johns J., 1965

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Identifier: CC-07228-7370
Scope and Contents

Review of "Between Poetry and Painting" at the ICA in London. Lucie-Smith states "Concrete poetry is difficult to describe but easy to recognize." Stored with other material about this exhibition. Stored with material dealing with the Archive of "Between Poetry and Painting." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Sermons in Stone / Harrod, Tanya; Finlay IH., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-09303-9486
Scope and Contents

Review of an exhibition of garden sculptures executed by Finlay at Stockwood Craft Museum and Gardens, Bedfordshire, England. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Well-Collected / Rice, Robin; Finlay IH; Phillips T; Seille G; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 1993

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Identifier: CC-03593-3658
Scope and Contents

This is a review of "Personal Choice: Selections from Four Penn Alumni Collections" at the ICA at the University of Pennsylvania in which selections from the Sackner Archive were included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993