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Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27

Nationality

Scottish

Found in 1986 Collections and/or Records:

Fabre / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12254-12478
Scope and Contents

Fabre was responsible for creation of the French Republican calendar with its iconography of flowers, fruits, animals, and agricultural elements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fact Card 1 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35440-37176
Scope and Contents

The poem reads, "Over 200 Flowers served as convoy escorts in WW2." Flowers refers to the Flower class corvette of the British navy in WW2. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

F.A.L. Scottish Propellers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35405-37140
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts two propellers on a long shaft. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Family: A Homage to Simon Cutts / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Paterson, Dave; Cutts S., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-12011-12234
Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Family Group / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Torok, Karl., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-11867-12088
Scope and Contents

The image of the tipped-in print is a landscape of sculptures trees and bushes that Finlay designates with human names, e.g., Gardner, Cousin William?, Mama, etc.in the loose print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Far From The Sea / Foolen, Peter, editor ; Long R ; Finlay IH ; Finlay A ; Waanders H ; Foolen P ; Clark L ; Fulton H ; Ackling R ; Clark TA., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-49585-70634
Scope and Contents

This is an illustrated catalogue of prints and books produced by the October Foundation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Fax, Idling Its Sails / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Farthing, Julie., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-12523-12750
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Ferrea Virga Est / Stay-Sail / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-12315-12540
Scope and Contents

This print is a template for a design of covers for jampots base upon the image of sundials. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fete Champetre / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Duncalf, Stephen., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-12991-13283
Scope and Contents

The "rustic party" is a drawing of nine small model airplanes as plants in a garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fete, Little Sparta / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Irving, Ralph., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11088-11303
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fewer Sculptures! / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-12091-12315
Scope and Contents

The full text of the card reads, Fewer Sculptures! More Statues! Live Ammunition in Community Arts! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Field / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-43162-45218
Scope and Contents

The image on the cover is a woodcut by Gary Hincks of a wheat field with a wind blown path through it. Finlay's poem reads "The wind in - the wheat on - the path it - makes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Figleaf / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12257-12481
Scope and Contents

This is a colored photograph of figleaves overlying a curved stone inscription entitled "figleaf." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Figleaf / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sterling, Annet., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12261-12485
Scope and Contents

The figleaf images printed over the word "Figleaf" almost obscures the stencilled word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fine Mini-Archive of Ian Hamilton Finlay Correspondence to John Pauker / Feine, Bob; Finlay IH., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-10937-11149
Scope and Contents

This archive consisted of 17 letters between Ian Hamilton Finlay and John Pauker, poetry consultant to U.S. Information Agency, who referred to themselves as "Gunboat" & "Dinghy." This is the documentation of these letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fingers probing into dark part two / Heart Fine Art ; Finlay IH ; Vostell W ; Flynt H ; Klein Y ; Hanson A ; Hutchins A ; Seuphor M ; Janco M ; Kippenberger M ; Knizak M., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-40788-42763
Dates: 2003
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs (unprocessed)

Fire Coming On...(1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11082-11297
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Fire Coming On...(2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11081-11296
Scope and Contents

This has been taken from Heraclitean Variations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

First Battle of Little Sparta February 4, 1983 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-12308-12533
Scope and Contents This is an appeal for money to erect a monument.Roe and Moore WEB 2016 offered "A letter and related cuttings concerning 'The Little Spartan War' of 1983. From the collection of Douglas Maxwell" for$987. It included a single signed, typed Finlay letter, thereby placing the value at about $400 a page.A two page letter, typed, signed Ian, in ink, dated 11.11.83 on his Little Sparta/Raspberry Republic headed paper. Sets out the outline of the dispute, with extensive commentary on the Judith Hart 'Paper' and her subsequent behaviour; 'To Hart, law is irrelevant (ultimately), and the citizen is irrelevant: what matters is that everything should be 'Arranged' by a few special people---in the interests of her 'vote'. It would be hard to find attitudes more openly Chile'. Copy of a bank transfer from P.M.Heringa of Amsterdam to the bank account of Hamilton Finlay 'Towards the Victory', dated 12.Oct 83. A copy of a letter from the Sherrif's Officer George Walker & Co to Hamilton Finlay...
Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

First Suprematist Standing Poem / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-11886-12108
Scope and Contents

The stiff papercard is folded to permit the two columns of poetry to stand up. The poem describes Finlay's impressions of Malevich's suprematist paintings in terse terms. Another copy is stored in a Finlay box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

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