Janet Boulton - Unoriginal Sins

GALLERY XMAS CARD WITH FINLAY NEON ON FRONT. 2011. SIGNED BY VICTORIA MIRO.

paul robertson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:23:50 +0000

London: Victoria Miro Gallery, 2011

10 x 21cm, 4pp Christmas card from Victoria Miro with on the front a neon work "Dove, dead in its Snows" reproduced in colour. Sent to Finlay's collaborator Janet Boulton with a hand-written note "To dear Janet, al all good wishes for 2011. Victoria". . VG+.

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SOME EARLY TOYS BY IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 2009. ONE OF 220 NUMBERED COPIES.

paul robertson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:57:53 +0000

Nottingham: Colin Sackett, 2009

26 x 21cm, 24pp plus thick printed boards. Artist's book with seven reproduced watercolour paintings of Finlay's toy models by Boulton and a commentary by Jessie Sheeler. One of 220 numbered copies. Fine.

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TWO GARDENS. 2001.

paul robertson — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:36:20 +0000

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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PORTRAIT OF JANET BOULTON WITH FINLAY TOY BOAT. c. 2000.

paul robertson — Thu, 18 May 2000 20:43:46 +0000

30 x 21cm, full colour high quality inkjet reproduction of a photograph of Finlay collaborator Janet Boulton alongside three of her paintings of Finlay toy and one large Ian Hamilton Finlay model boat. Taken at an unknown exhibition. From Boulton's personal archive.

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THONIER. 1999. ONE OF 125 EXAMPLES.

paul robertson — Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:16:08 +0000

Eindhoven: October, 1999

20 x 55cm, full colour offset-lithograph with a reproduced painting by Janet Boulton of a bramble branch. Peter Foolen notes: "This beautiful watercolour is in contrast with the painful thorns of the bramble branch which resembles the long poles with hooks used to catch tunny (the boat used to fish tunny is named Thonier)". One of 125 unsigned copies. VG+.
This work was given by Finlay to Paul Robertson as a gestural gift during a visit to Little Sparta when the poet asked Robertson to proofread a small pamphlet by Finlay that had been translated into English by Finlay's assistant.

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VINTAGE XEROX REPRODUCING A LETTER FROM FINLAY TO CID CORMAN WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS & REPRINTS. 1999.

paul robertson — Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:33:49 +0000

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. VARIATIONS ON SEVERAL THEMES. 1999

paul robertson — Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:11:15 +0000

Barcelona: Joan Miro Foundation, n.d. (1999)

10.5 x 21cm, 1pp mostly typographic announcement/invite card for the opening of the exhibition. This copy addressed to Finlay's collaborator Janet Boulton. . VG+. A scarce card.

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INKJET COPY FOR PROOFING OF GALLERY HANDOUT FOR VARIATIONS ON SEVERAL THEMES. 1999.

paul robertson — Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:59:33 +0000

Probably: Little Sparta: s.p. Finlay, 1999

21 x 30cm, 8pp (stapled together top left) An inkjet printer output of the proposed texts for a gallery hand out for a large Finlay retrospective in Barcelona. Sent to Janet Boulton by email and printed out by herself for proof-reading. Bit tatty.

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PORTRAIT OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY & JANET BOULTON. c. 1998.

paul robertson — Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:40:41 +0000

30 x 24cm, b/w original photograph taken by Robin Gillanders of Ian Hamilton Finlay with his mutual friend and Finlay collaborator Janet Boulton. Originally a gift from the photographer to Janet Boulton. VG+.

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3 BLUE LEMONS. 1998.

paul robertson — Sun, 27 Sep 1998 20:18:40 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1998

10 x 15cm, 2pp artist's postcard with a colour photograph by Robin Gillanders of a sculpture by Jo Hincks of three lemons in a bowl but each is painted blue and has a boat number on it. Finlay has often used the shape of lemons to indicate a boat and here in a bowl they are representative of being in a harbour.
This card has a hand-written note from Finlay (to Janet Boulton) which says "Don't know if you saw this before? Love Ian" in blue pen. VG+.

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LITTLE SPARTA. 1998.

paul robertson — Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:47:04 +0000

Nailsworth: Cairn Gallery, 1998

38 x 29cm, 1pp black on gloss paper. Large b/w inkjet (as issued) exhibition poster for a show of images from Little Sparta taken by Janet Boulton and David Paterson. One image of a broken column in situ in Finlay's garden reproduced on the front. Slightly ripped along edges. Not many produced.

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LITTLE SPARTA. 1998.

paul robertson — Sat, 01 Aug 1998 09:11:32 +0000

Nailsworth: Cairn Gallery, n.d. (1998)

12.2 x 10cm, 4pp typographic announcement card for a small show of photographs by Janet Boulton and David Paterson of Little Sparta. VG+.

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