Exhibition Catalogues - Unoriginal Sins

02 Mar SKULPTUR PROJEKTE MUNSTER. 1987.

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munster: Munster Sculptur Projekte, 1987
30 x 21cm, 60pp (printed recto only). Press pack for the festival of Sculpture that only takes place in Munster every 10 years. Finlay is the only artist who had not submitted images of his work in advance and the text explains that the Project asked the poet to create a monument for the poetess Annette von Droste-Hulshoff. One green highlight to the page (added by Finlay) else VG+
JOINT:
Two typed notes from "rf" to "Clare" pointing out that the catalogue had been given to him by IGF and that she might find interesting. Both VG.

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19 Jun CONTEMPORARY BRITISH MEDALS.

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London:British Museum Publications, 1986
24 x 19cm, 64pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue displaying a range of contemporary British medals. Finlay produced 6 different medals all of which are reproduced in b/w with details. VG+.

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29 May IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1986.

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London: Victoria Miro, 1986
23 x 20.5cm, 12pp plus red card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a solo show - text only, with a "preface" by Stephen Bann which is the only commentary for the exhibition,. VG+.

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07 May SCULPTURE IN THE PARK. THE IAN HAMILTON FINLAY SCULPTURE GARDEN. 1986?

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Luton: Luton Borough Council, n.d. (1986?)
21 x 15cm, 8pp. A catalogue for the recently installed sculptural garden by Finlay at Stockwood Park in Luton. Seven images in blue and black duotone of the works and a map as well as an anonymous essay. Finlay issued a portfolio of prints with the proposals for this garden in the same year. VG+.

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19 Aug THE BRITISH ART SHOW. 1985.

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Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1985)
30 x 21cm, 160pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for an Australian travelling exhibition of British art. Finlay has 4pp of text and works as well as one of his sundials as frontispiece. VG+.

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07 Mar BLINDS. 1985.

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Bruxelles: Editions Lebeer Hossmann, 1985
21 x 14.5cm, 64pp. Original printed wrappers. A curiosity in that the first half of this book is a short story by Harding followed by a text on the work of Finlay and Sarkis in French issued on the occasion of an exhibition LITTLE SPARTA & KREIGSSCHATZ in Chapelle Sainte-Marie, Two colour photographs and 16 b/w images of sculptural works and works in Little Sparta by Marius Alexander. An artist's book? An exhibition catalogue? We have decided the latter. VG+.

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19 Jun GRAEME MURRY GALLERY AT THE SERPENTINE. 1984

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London: Serpentine Gallery, 1984
21 x 21.5cm, 48pp plus card covers and dustjacket. Exhibition catalogue for a rather strange transporting of the Murray Edinburgh Gallery to London, various works by the likes of Richard Long, Hamish Fulton, Sol Lewitt, Alan Johnson and five works by Finlay reproduced in the catalogue. VG+.

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18 Aug COINCIDENCE IN THE WORK OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1980.

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Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1980
21 x 15cm, 20pp plus card covers and printed dust jacket. An early monograph and exhibition catalogue discussing one aspect of Finlay's work. Illustrated in b/w throughout. as well as reprinting excerpts from the New Arcadian Dictionary and catalogue of works in the exhibition. VG+.

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07 Aug NATURE OVER AGAIN AFTER POUSSIN. 1980.

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Glasgow: Collins Exhibition Hall, 1980 23 x 12cm, 30pp. Original wrappers with printed dust jacket . One centre page fold out. An exhibition catalogue with an introductory text by Stephan Bann and various illustrations including a garden plan by Albert Speer (who Bann and Finlay had been corresponding with and which was to cause trouble later) and a musical note by Wilma Patterson plus one fold out sheet showing various "plaques" by Finlay in the landscapes. At the back of the catalogue there is a page work by Finlay - white laid paper sheets are labelled MOSS in small type at the bottom then a dull green laid paer sheet has the text "refinements of words" on it. VG+.

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21 Aug ART FOR TODAY. 1979. SOMEONE SOMEWHERE WANTS A CABLE FROM YOU COVER.

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Portsmouth: Portsmouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 1979
16.3 x 25cm, 14pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue for a show of new acquisitions for the museum - notable for the cover which displays a scarce Ian Hamilton Finlay print recently purchased for the institution. The notes also show that they purchase an unique glass etched work FOUR SAILS (ROSY FOR BLACK) from 1976. VG.

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17 Jun A SPOKEN SPACE. 1979.

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Geneva: Galérie Gaëtan,1979 31 x 31cm, double gate fold record sleeve content of a 30.5 x 30.5cm, 12pp exhibition catalogue for a group show of spoken and sound work to which Finlay is credited as a contributor.
Finlay has made very few sound works (this may well be the only one designed to primarily exhibited as a work in sound) and the reading is based on the paintings of Ivon Hitchens.
The work is called IVON HITCHENS: AN IMAGINARY EXHIBITION. The texts were read by Ronnie Duncan and Henriette Duncan. The work was only available via automatic answering machine for 24 hours a day for 8 days.
this is a very hard to find exhibition catalogue in VG+ condition.

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17 Sep IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1977.

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London: Serpentine Gallery, 1977
23 x 16cm, 96pp. Original pictorial wrappers . An exhibition catalogue with an "imaginary portrait" of Finlay by Stephan Bann and various illustrations and photographs of works and an insert on cream laid paper "The Wartime Garden" by Finlay illustrated by Ron Costley (which was also published elsewhere). VG+.

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