Ian Hamilton Finlay - Unoriginal Sins

22 Mar IAN HAMILTON FINLAY ROSES I & ROSES II SCREEN PRINT SUBSCRIPTION LEAFLET. 2002.

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St Ives: Tate Gallery, 2002
30 x 21cm, 1pp (single folded sheet). A promotional/subscription leaflet for a Finlay print edition of Roses I and Roses II. The prints are illustrated in full colour and cost £470 for the pair. Issued during the Maritime Words exhibition in the museum. Folded else VG+.
JOINT: St Ives: Tate Gallery, 2002
30 x 21cm, 1pp (single folded sheet). Subscription sheet for the exhibition catalogue. Typographic only. Folded. JOINT: St Ives: Tate Gallery, 2002
Covering signed circular letter from Susan Daniel-McElroy to JanetBoulton regarding the publications.

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21 Mar MARITIME WORKS. 2002.

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St Ives: Tate Gallery, n.d. (2002)
21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement and invite card to the opening with "The Divided Meadows of Aphrodite" on the front and internally museum details. VG+....

20 Mar PRINTS AND POSTCARDS. 2002.

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Edinburgh: Ingleby Gallery, 2002
15 x 10.5cm, 4pp announcement card for a posthumous exhibition of prints. One work - STAR STEER - on the front. VG+.

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15 Dec CHRISTMAS ROSE. 2001.

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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 2001
4.4 x 7.5cm, 4pp, Artist's card issued as a Christmas card - names of five boats Christina-11, Christmas Rose, Columbus, Corina-II and Conucopia and their port registration symbols are reproduced from a list elsewhere. The name of Christmas Rose is highlighted in pink. Other Xmas cards and prints have emphasis this boat as a symbol of the festive season. VG+.

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26 Nov ART IS A SMALL ADJUSTMENT. XMAS 2001.

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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 2001
180 x 35cm., 100% lamb's wool scarf with embroidered text. One corner of the blanket is stitched in such a way that one corner is permanently folded back. The title "ART IS A SMALL ADJUSTMENT" hints at the minimalism of the work. A Xmas gift from Finlay to friends - there were two colour variations in the wool colour - dark blue and light brown - this is one of the latter. VG.

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18 Oct DOMESTIC PENSEES. 2004. WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO PAUL ROBERTSON FROM STUART MILLS.

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Belper: Aggie Weston's Editions, 2004
19.4 x 13cm, 68pp plus boards and dustjacket. Place ribbon. One of the last books published in Finlay's life time which was based on collected aphorisms and one line poems taken from notebooks (blue jotters) in which he wrote down ideas and single lines. Edited by his friend and long time collaborators Stuart Mills and Colin Sackett. One of 500 copies printed. VG+.
JOINT WITH:
15 x 10.5cm, 1pp, compliments slip from the Aggie Weston press which has a lengthy handwritten note from Mills to Paul Robertson which talks about the enthusiasm for the book and how well it was received by the likes of the Tate Gallery. In original torn posted envelope.

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22 Sep SOLID SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME IN “THE HERALD” SEPTEMBER 22 2005.

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Glasgow: The Herald, 2001
60 x 39.8cm, 12pp (self cover) - a broadside newspaper article on a new anthology of concrete poetry in the Weekend Supplement by Barry Gordon. with a large colour image of the older Finlay who the journalist picked out because of his Scottish roots.
The picture shows Finlay in a Rangers training top - which as someone with a lifelong hatred of the bigotry of Rangers and Celtic was a disappointment but years later Eck Finlay told me his father had just grabbed it rushing out for the photograph and was embarrassed it was in the shot. Maybes aye, maybes nah. VG+.

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20 Aug VINTAGE FAX COPY OF WILD HAWTHORN PRESS INVOICE. 2001.

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Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1981
30 x 21cm, 1pp vintage fax copy of an invoice for various publications. A bit tatty.

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16 Jun 4. 2001.

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Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 2001
12.6 x 2.7cm, 4pp, black on orange card with internally four Finlay poems each considering aspects of a fishing village and community - such as:

CHANGE OF USE

rain-filled
September boats
becoming ponds
VG+

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12 Jun INTERMISSIONS. 2001.

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Basel: STAMPA, 2001
21 x 10.5cm, 2pp. Announcement card for a Finlay solo show which has a photograph of a work CHORE, n. a small humdrum task: a prosaic task; a refuge which is carved on the handle of a broom.

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09 Jun IAN HAMILTON FINLAY PATHS. 2001.

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Langenbruck: Sculpture at Schoenthal Monestery, 2001
14.4 x 21cm, 4pp announcement card with a b/w image of Little Sparta on the front taken by Jennifer Gough-Cooper. A photographic exhibition showing paths from Finlay's gardens and other grounds. Inside gallery details. VG+.

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06 Jun TWO GARDENS. 2001.

Posted at 21:36h in Exhibition Catalogues

London: Redfern Gallery, 2001
20,.4 x 21cm, 24pp plus card wrappers. Exhibition catalogue displaying Boulton's watercolours of two gardens - one being the Villa La Pietra in Florence and the other being Little Sparta. Colour images throughout. VG+.

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