1972 - Unoriginal Sins

20 Dec JIBS. 1972. ONE OF 350 SIGNED & NUMBERED EXAMPLES.

Posted at 19:50h in Artist's Books

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1972
10.6 x 11.6cm, 24pp plus wrappers and pictorial dj - artist's book with ten concrete and visual poems and a frontispiece of a toy boat made by Finlay on the first end paper and also the dust jacket.

SHELF
sardines
pilchards
bottled ships

treats the tradition of making minature boats in bottles as if they are being preserved like tinned fish.
This is one of 350 copies each Signed and numbered by Finlay in ink at the back colophon. The date in some catalogue raisonne are given as 1971 but the colophon indicates with s Xmas publication in 1972.

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20 Dec TYE CRINGLE FALL. 1972. CHRISTMAS CARD.

Posted at 11:01h in Artist's Postcards

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1972
25.9 x 11.4cm, 4pp Xmas card with the descending textL

tye
cringle
fall
shippon
parrel
carling
bitt
gooseneck
traveller
beam
tabernacle
manger
crib

The words "shippon", "manger" and "crib" are printed in red, the rest in black. A shippon is a cattle shed so the three red words relate to a visual poem of the Jesus birth scene. The other words all relate to ropes and knots or masts in sailing.
The placing of the words all left aligned suggest a mast on a ship. Finlay has referenced ships in the biblical story of the supposed virgin birth (the card "I See Three Ships" is one such example which takes its title from a festive carol) and the arrival of a ship seems to signify a welcoming or greeting of an event for Finlay. Of course the return or arrival of a boat in a fishing village would have such significance when every trip was a risk to the lives of the sailors and by extension the community.
Released as the annual Wild Hawthorn Xmas card the date 25 December is printed at the bottom of the card also in red. VG+.

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10 Dec LITTACK II. 1972.

Posted at 18:22h in Page Works & Contributions

Epping: The Ember Press, 1972
21 x 15cm, 168pp. Original card covers. A single number of this poetry review - there is an article on Scottish poetry which fails to mention Finlay while claiming McDiarmid is the greatest (then) British living poet - something which must have thrilled Finlay given they had fallen out in the 60s. The cover however reproduces Finlay and Ron Costley's GOURD. A discussion on Gourd can be found in the print section of this Finlay website.

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17 Oct WILD HAWTHORN PRESS PRICE LIST. AUTUMN 1972.

Posted at 09:31h in Miscellany

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, Spring 1970
Six 25.5 x 20.4cm, 1pp offset lithographic price list for the Press stapled top left. Mentions a long list of old and new publications from the Press with prices. Various vintage annotations (probably by Sue Finlay) in blue ink indicating some items had sold out else VG+. With each passing year the size of these lists increased, of course, while the Press published new work and sold those items not out of print. VG+.

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10 Oct AN EXHIBITION OF CONCRETE POETRY. 1972.

Posted at 22:02h in Invitation Cards

Lincoln: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 1972
18 x 13.5cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a University of Nebraska group show which included Finlay with all of the major international proponents of concrete poetry. VG+. A scarce card.

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08 Oct BOXKAMPF FUR DIREKTE DEMOCKRATIE. 1972. SIGNED BY BOTH ARTISTS.

Posted at 18:16h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Dusseldorf: Organisation fur direkte Demockatie, 1972 15 x 10.5cm, 1pp. Announcement card (and multiple) for a boxing match which took place during Dokumenta VI where Beuys represented "Direct Democracy" and Christian-Moebuss who represented "Representative Democracy". Judged by Anatol Herzfeld (one of Beuys' students and hardly a neutral figure) it was claimed Beuys had won the metaphoric competition. Beuys had recently set up the "Organisation fur direkte Demockatie" while being a teacher at Düsseldorf Academy - a post he waqs sacked from soon after the match. This is one of only 100 copies of the card which is stamped with a Haupstom stamp in blue and signed by both artists. VG+.

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03 Oct ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER FOR 10 PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES DE CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI 1946 – 1964. 1972.

Posted at 08:52h in LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS

Paris: Multiplicata, n.d. (1972)
30 x 21cm, 1pp. Original vintage xerox with a text announcing two books - one by Boltanski "10 PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES DE CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI 1946 - 1964" and the other by Jean Le Gac "LE DECOR".
The letter announces they can supply signed examples of the book for 80Fr. Folded as issued for mailing else VG+.
JOINT:
Original mailing envelope franked 3-10-72 hand addressed by Boltanski to M. Berg.

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29 Sep FETTECKE! 1972. SIGNED BY BEUYS.

Posted at 16:07h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, n.d. (1972)
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp announcement card for an exhibition of Beuys drawings with an image of two such drawings by Beuys on both sides of the card (one overprinted with gallery details). The second drawing has the word FETTECKE! clearly written which translates as FAT CORNER - a work that Beuys made several times with piles of cold fat forced into a gallery corner. This example is signed by Beuys in black felt tipped pen on the front over the image. VG+.

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16 Sep JOSEPH BEUYS; ZEICHNUNGEN 1947 – 1959. 1972. FIRST BOOK ON BEUYS.

Posted at 14:23h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Köln: Schirmer-Verlag, n.d. (1972) 20. 8 x 14.7cm, 4pp announcement card for the title book displaying Beuys work from the period before he was able to exhibit. Later many of these were collated into the Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland. This , as noted on the card, was the first published book on Beuys and contains 40 reproductions of works in collotype and 17 reproductions of sketches made by the artist during the interview with Erwin Heerich. Font of the book and one drawing reproduced in b/w and a text in both German and English. The lower part of last page is perforated to allow return to the publishers as a subscription form. Additionally this example has a minimal ink annotation on last page noting a discount of 40% for 10 copies. VG+....

16 Sep THE POET’S GARDEN – WITH AIRPCRAFT CARRIER BIRD-BATH (HOMAGE TO THE VILLA D’ESTES). 1972.

Posted at 09:32h in Photographs

N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1972) 20 x 25cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a view of the poet's garden at Little Sparta and in particular the Aircraft Bird Bath. The photo is believed to be taken by James Styles and sent by Finlay to an Italian Collector. The image was later used in various Finlay publications. VG+. ...

16 Sep TRISTAM’S SAIL. 1972.

Posted at 09:28h in Photographs

N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1972) 24.5 x 20cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a sundial sited in a pond at Little Sparta. The text on the sundail reads "Tristan's Sail. WInd Shadow." believed to be taken by James Styles and sent by Finlay to an Italian Collector. VG+. ...

16 Sep BARQUE. 1972.

Posted at 09:22h in Photographs

N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1972) 19.5 x 25cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print showing a carved stone found in Little Sparta with the word "Barque". One of a small number of photographs sent by Finlay to an Italian collector. The photo is believed to be taken by James Styles. VG+. ...