Photographs - Unoriginal Sins

29 Sep PRESS PORTRAIT OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1990.

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Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1991 25.4 x 20cm, b/w silver gelatine press photograph taken by John Ravenal in 1990 in Little Sparta and distributed for the exhibition Ian Hamilton Finlay Matrix 116. The gate behind him reads Julie et Saint Preux - a reference to Rousseau's 1761 novel "Julie, or the New Heloise" where the two protagonists are lovers at the behest of Julie's unknowing husband who invites St Preux to educate his wife. Information label verso else VG+. ...

18 Jun PHOTOGRAPH OF STEM&STERN WARER’S EDGE. c. 1990

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A colour photograph (10 x 15cm) of two wooden works by Finlay - Water's Edge/Water Sedge and Stem & Stern. Date unknown.

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19 Oct 35MM COLOUR SLIDE. 1987. GREAT PIECE OF TURF.

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N.p.: n.p., 1987
A standard b/w photographic 35mm slide with an image of a Finlay sculptural intervention in the landscape - here the work "Great Piece of Turf" (for a discussion of this work see separate listing on cards). The work is to be found in Little Sparta, Scotland. The slide was prepared for a book "Art in America" (which is strange given the geographical location of the work pictured). VG+....

19 Sep 35MM COLOUR SLIDE. 1987. FIVE COLUMNS FOR KROLLER.

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N.p.: n.p., 1987
A standard b/w photographic 35mm slide with an image of a Finlay sculptural intervention in the landscape - here the work "FIVE COLUMNS FOR KROLLER" The work is to be found at the Kroller- Muller Museum in the Netherlands. The slide was prepared for a book "Art in America" (which is strange given the geographical location of the work pictured). VG+.

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19 Sep 35MM COLOUR SLIDE. 1987. A VIEW TO THE TEMPLE.

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N.p.: n.p., 1987
A standard colour photographic 35mm slide with an image of a Finlay sculptural intervention in the landscape - here the work "A VIEW TO THE TEMPLE." The work was part of the Documenta 8 in Kassel.. The slide was prepared for a book "Art in America" (which is strange given the geographical location of the work pictured). VG+.

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19 Aug 35MM COLOUR SLIDE. 1987. WOOD WIND SONG.

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N.p.: n.p., 1987
A standard COLOUR photographic 35mm slide with an image of a Finlay sculptural intervention in the landscape - here the work "WOOD WIND SONG" (for a discussion of this work see separate listing on cards). The work is to be found in Little Sparta, Scotland. The slide was prepared for a book "Art in America" (which is strange given the geographical location of the work pictured). VG+.

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19 Aug 35MM COLOUR SLIDE. 1987. SEE POUSSIN, HEAR LORRAINE.

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N.p.: n.p., 1987
A standard b/w photographic 35mm slide with an image of a Finlay sculptural intervention in the landscape - here the work "See Poussin, hear Lorraine" (for a discussion of this work see separate listing on cards). The work is to be found in Little Sparta, Scotland. The slide was prepared for a book "Art in America" (which is strange given the geographical location of the work pictured). VG+.

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19 Jul 35MM COLOUR SLIDE. 1987. NAMES ON PLAQUES/NAMES ON TREES.

Posted at 15:56h in Photographs

N.p.: n.p., 1987
A standard full colour photographic 35mm slide with an image of a Finlay sculptural intervention in the landscape - here a tree plaque with a relevant name on it installed at the Château de Kerguéhennec. The work is called "Names of plaques, names of trees." The slide was prepared for a book "Art in America" (which is strange given the geographical location of the work pictured). VG+.

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18 Jun TWO COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCULPTURES 1987.

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Two colour photographs (both 10 x 15cm) of two sculptural works by Finlay - Anchors were cast and Sterns stood. Exact date unknown but circa 1987.

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29 Jan STERNS STOOD ALONG THE BEACH. 1987.

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21 x 26.5cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print of an unique sculptural work created under Finlay's instruction by John Andrew. The image is of a boat anchored to the beach - a reference to Ullysses. The texts from Virgil is "Sterns stood along the beach". VG+.

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28 Jan ANCHORS WERE CAST. 1987.

Posted at 17:51h in Photographs

21 x 26.5cm, b/w silver gelatine photographic print of an unique sculptural work created under Finlay's instruction by John Andrew. The image is of an anchor which has been sunk into foliage - bringing Finlay's oft comparison of fruit with boats to life or at least stone. The texts from Virgil is "Anchors were cast from prows" which is also a pun. VG+.

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23 Jul SEASONS. 1994. ONE OF 35 SIGNED & NUMBERED PHOTOGRAPHS. FROM “DEAR STIEGLITZ”.

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Peninsula: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1985
50 x 40cm, silver gelatine print. The photograph of the stream by Robin Gillanders is combined with a short poem by Finlay.

the brown stream
the black stream
the blue stream
the silver stream

The same phrase is repeated with only the colour changing each time. Gillander's photograph is in b/w so one might imagine it in different colours as per the poem - and the water having a different history each time - silver being related to fish or speed, blue in reflections or the sea, black from coal or dirt or darkness and brown from pollution or soil.
This edition is from a portfolio called ‘Dear Stieglitz,’ named in homage to Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer and gallery owner who published the art-photography journal ‘Camera Work’ in the early Twentieth century.
On the reverse is a label with details of the portfolio and image and it is signed by Finlay and numbered in pencil from the edition of only 35 copies. VG+.

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