20 Mar THE PATH OF LUCK. 1991.
NYC: Michael Werner, 1991 19 x12cm, unpaginated (52)pp plus boards with boards. The concise exhibition catalogue with five full colour images of sculptures. Fine. ...
18 Mar LENNY THE MUSICAL. 191.
NYC: Cabaret Theatre Experiment, 1971 28 x 21.5cm, 1pp black on white offset lithographic leaflet advertising the musical about Lenny Bruce written by Fred Baker, to which Yalkut (according to the text on the leaflet) contributed ""films." Vg....
15 Mar MYTHS. 1991.
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1991
30.8 x 12cm, 200 plus card covers and green printed dustjacket. Artist's book based on various Greek myths. Finlay supplies six small one line poems each with a single repeated illustration by Solveig Hill - such as:
APHRODITE
Oil, in the air's cool jar.
and
CHLORIS
The birds awake the dawn.
VG+.
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22 Feb GULFS AND WARS. 1991.
Friedrichstrafen: Kunstverein Friedrichstrafen, 1991
10.5 x 21cm, 4pp announcement card with with a reproduction of Finlay's Prince Eugen print on the front. VG+.
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22 Feb IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. LONGHOUSE. 1991. SIGNED & NUMBERED FROM EDITION OF 30.
Green River: Longhouse, 1991
16 x 23cm black on yellow printed envelope content of two brochures.
SUNDIALS. 21 x 15cm, 8pp (single folded sheet) with 4 illustrations of works by Michael Harvey and an essay by R. C. Kenedy. This booklet is signed and numbered from an edition of 30 copies in black ink by Finlay after the essay.
I SING FOR THE MUSES AND MYSELF. 21 x 15cm, 8pp (single folded sheet) with 4 drawings of Little Sparta by Walter Miller and an essay by Finlay's son Alex Finlay.
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11 Feb SACKCLOTH. 1991.
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1991) 13.6 x 8.9cm, 4pp unprinted outer folder content of 4pp insert. Finlay's poem has only three words/lines after the title:<BR><BR> Sackcloth<BR><BR> Stars<BR><BR> woven<BR><BR> in<BR><BR> The lowly fabric (traditionally made out of goats hair) is given a greater status by Finlay's perception that the wove of the cloth looks like stars. VG+ although slight corner crease to front of the plain light brown cover....
07 Jan ABRAHAM A SANTA CLARA. 1991.
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1991 5.4 x 9.5cm, 4pp. A scythe is evolved into a Nazi SS symbol in place of the blade. Drawing by Gary Hincks. Inside is a long text written by a 17th century Monk Abraham a Sancta Clara who compares death as a reaper, a gardener, a player and thunderbolt which not only strikes down the poor but also the powerful. The alteration in the design of the blade not only reminds one of the origin of the SS symbol and the German fascist interest in Nordic origins but also the aggression and death that they brought to the world. This is one of two cards with similar text which Finlay released - the other card has different drawings and is bigger. VG+....
02 Jan GATE FOLD. 1991
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1991) 5.4 x 8cm, 4pp. Artist's card with a gate on the front and inside left of sheep in a pasture by Gwyneth Leech. Inside the card next to the crease are the words "gate fold" - to make a joke of the format of the work. VG+....