Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1994
15.3 x 14cm, 4pp card which has internally a poem for SImon Cutts
DANGER
CORACLE
DOCKING
Cutts' publishing house was called Coracle (the name of a small one-person wood, canvas and pitch boat that is notoriously hard to steer and dock) and the back of the card notes "For Mr S. Cutts in acknowledgement of his recognitions". VG+.
...
London: Victoria Miro Gallery, n.d. (1994)
14 x 12.2cm, 4pp announcement card with a drawing of a boat on the front (by Gary Hincks?). Pia SImig is credited as a collaborator in this card - it is not clear what the work entailed. VG+. ...
Napoli: Lucio Amelio, 1994
70 x 49.8cm, b/w lithographic offset poster with an image of a Boltanski wire sculpture. The artist's contribution to a group show created as an unlimited edition. VG+.Scarce.
...
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1994
18.9 x 29.8cm, red and black on cream offset lithograph. The text "YOU CANNOT STEP INTO THE SAME RIVER/REVOLUTION TWICE" allows two readings of the statement - first the famous Hereclitian statement comparing the flow of a river that isnever is the same with any point in history . And then FInlay's bold assertion here that that is also true of all revolutions. . VG+.
...
Paris: Flammarion, 1994
27 x 26cm, 192pp plus boards and colour pictorial dust jacket. First edition of this extensive monograph with over 200 illustrations of which 50 are in colour. Essays and interview by Lynn Gumpert. VG+.
...
Glasgow: s.p. (monk), 1994
21 x 15cm,1pp announcement card with a drawing by Monk (of him holding a record and surrounded by texts) for this the artist's second ever public exhibition. VG+. Rare.
...
Six different 24x14 cm thin sheets of wood veneer with the formula 4 * 5 = 20! in Byars’ starry writing using red ink. A unique work - mounted in a glass and wooden frame. Please note: this work is found reproduced on some other dealer's websites despite the fact we have owned it for over 12 years, exhibited it publicly and have asked them to take it down!...
NYC: Galerie Michael Werner,1994 15 x 10.5cm, 4pp (single sheet of white paper folded). One work (drawing on card) reproduced internally. Fine....
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1994)
10.5 x 4.1cm, 2pp. Artist's card in the form of a bookmark where on one side a list of trees which are supposedly "clinker built" where in boats the edges of hull planks overlap each other are found on one side and on the other the list of trees are supposedly "carvel built" where in boats the edges of hull planks are laid edge to edge often with an underlying structure. Finlay finding visual correspondences between the construction methods of the dead tree parts (planks) and the look of the living trees. VG+.
...
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1994
10.8 x 10.4cm, 16pp plus patterned boards. The proposal here takes the form of a photograph of the site with a pull back tipped on flap that shows the landscape without the lake side temple and when pulled aside one can see the proposed building. Saint-Just was termed the "Angel of Death" by his opponents during the Terror because he was often the delegate who announced the name of those to be arrested (and often killed) at the National Assembly. Apollo is the Greek god of amongst other things justice. Both might be regarded as being capable of severe judgement. Photomontage by Peter Rogan.
BR>...
Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1994
1.7cm dia. black circle with the text THE CHAIR OF THE ARTIST AT HARVARD printed in tiny typeface in the centre. Unlimited multiple but now very hard to find. VG+. There are three known variants of this multiple - a small black circle, a larger black circle and a 2.5 x 2.5cm black square.
...
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1994)
13.5 x 7.2 cm, 12pp plus card covers. Artist's book which has four one-line poems (one per page) thus:
the simplicity of sackcloth
the self-effacement of sackcloth
the aspiration of sackcloth
and
the REVOLUTION of sackcloth.
The lowly fabric (traditionally made out of goats hair) is cast by Finlay in its place but by the fourth line is allowed to turn against its oppressors. A reference to the French and other revolutions. VG+. ...