IAN HAMILTON FINLAY

INVITATION CARDS

8 PROPOSALS. 1990.

NYC: Christine Burgin Gallery, 1990
19 x 12.7cm, 1pp black on light brown announcement leaflet for a show listing eight proposals (public installations) from 1985 until 1989. Typographic design. VG+.

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+.

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY & THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS 1958 – 1991. 1991.

Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, 1991
21 x 7.8cm, 2pp announcement card with a reproduction of Finlay's Evening Will Come They Will Sew The Blue Sail on the front in blue on white and verso gallery details. VG+.

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. DEFINITIONS. 1991.

Keil: Galerie Sfeir-Semler, 1991
15 x 21cm, 4pp (folded single sheet) announcement on paper for a solo show, internally gallery details and one b/w photograph of the poet sitting on "The Present Order..." in his farm.. VG+.

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. A WARTIME GARDEN. 1991.

Firenze: Galleria Victoria Miro, 1991 15 x 21cm, 4pp announcement card with one stone work on the front (GROVE - showing a camouflaged tank) and internally gallery details. Very slight ding to top left corner of card else VG+.

10 MAQUETTES FOR NEO-CLASSICAL STRUCTURES. 1992.

London: Victoria Miro Gallery, 1992 22 x 15cm, 4pp , triangular shaped announcement card fpr an exhibition of small maquettes for sculptures. These small works are delights and one - Pyramid Beautiful Fanatical - is reproduced on the front (the card shape having been chosen to reflect the shape. The work probably references either Saint Just or Robespierre. VG+.

INSTRUMENTS OF REVOLUTION AND OTHER WORKS. 1992.

London: ICA, 1992
21 x 13cm, 4pp folded invitation card for the private view with one bronze large work "La revolution est un bloc" from 1990 in b/w on the front. VG+.

POIESIS. 1992.

Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, 1992
21 x 15cm, 8pp (single folded sheet). The programme and small poster for a group exhibition of works by a range of artists including Finlay. While not being specific to concrete and visual poetry the events (which included talks, films and workshops as well as the exhibition) - a large number of those exhibited worked in that field.
Poiesis as we all know is a definition of poetry as "anything supremely harmonious or satisfying" - which to be fair describes much of Finlay's work and motivation and is almost a definition of neo-classicism. Minor wear at folds else VG..

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 12/1794. 1993.

Zeight: Ernst A. Busche 1993
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a solo show displaying works inspired by the French revolution. VG+.

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 12/1794. 1993.

Berlin: Ernst A. Busche Zeight, n.d. (1993)
10.5 x 15cm, 2pp typographic announcement card for a solo show of works relating to the French revolution. VG+.

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