Ian Hamilton Finlay
1925 - 2006
Died in Edinburgh (GB), born in Nassau (BS).
"... I run the Wild Hawthorn Press, and edit Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. And I make toys, and toy/sculptures, with wood. I have also designed poems for glass, and concrete poems for use in architecture..." (Ian Hamiltion Finlay as he describes himself in a letter to Paul De Vree.)
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lappy Ishtmus Fishes, 1963.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 15.4 x 10.1 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Standing Poem 1 (Pear/Appear), 1963.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 21.0 x 7.7 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Standing poem I (Pear/Appear), 1963.Poetry, ink, paper, 20.2 x 13 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, The Star in its Stable of Light, 1964.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 15.1 x 15.1 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Canal stripe series 3, 1964.Book, booklet; paper, ink , 15 x 20 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Canal stripe series 4, 1964.Book, booklet; paper, ink, cardboard, 17.8 x 27.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Standing Poem 3 (Hearts), 1965.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 22.7 x 11.3 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Standing Poem 2 (Apple/Heart), 1965.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 20.3 x 13.0 cm, 25.8 x 14.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Futura 7, 1965.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 24 x 16 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, First Suprematist Standing Poem, 1965.Poetry, folding card; ink on paper, 23.8 x 9.6 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Glasgow Beasts, an a Burd. (Haw, an inseks, an, aw, a Fush), 1965.Poetry, paper, ink, cardboard, 17 x 11.7 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ocean stripe series 3, 1965.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 20.3 x 12.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ocean stripe series 2, 1965.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 12.7 x 10.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Cythera, 1965.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 25.5 x 20.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 18, 1965.Periodical, ink, paper, 22.8 x 16.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 16, 1965.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Frans Vanderlinde, Pierre Garnier, Paul De Vree, Vers Univers 1 , 1966.Periodical, ink, paper, 27.5 x 22 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Paul De Vree, Pierre Garnier, Frans Vanderlinde, Luc Peire, Vers Univers 2, 1966.Periodical, ink, paper, 27.5 x 22 cm.
>Frans Vanderlinde, Pierre Garnier, Paul De Vree, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Vers Univers 3, 1966.Periodical, ink, paper, 27.5 x 22 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Typoscript (8 July), 1966.Letter, ink, paper, 25.2 x 20.3 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Typoscript (3 August), 1966.Letter, ink, paper, (5 x) 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Typoscript (7 December), 1966.Letter, paper, ink, 25.2 x 20.3 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, 6 Small Songs In 3's, 1966.Poetry, paper, ink, cardboard, 21 x 9.6 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ocean stripe series 4, 1966.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 10 x 13.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Autumn Poem, 1966.Poetry, ink on paper, cardboard, 16.6 x 17 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, 6 small pears for eugen gomringer, 1966.Poetry, paper, inkt, cardboard, 9.1 x 14.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 20, 1966-1967.Periodical, ink, paper, 24.7 x 17.7 cm.
>Paul De Vree, Frans Vanderlinde, Pierre Garnier, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Vers Univers 4 , 1967.Periodical, ink, paper, 27.5 x 22 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Pierre Garnier, Frans Vanderlinde, Paul De Vree, Vers Univers 5, 1967.Periodical, ink, paper, 27.5 x 22 cm.
>Frans Vanderlinde, Paul De Vree, Pierre Garnier, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Vers Univers 6, 1967.Periodical, ink, paper, 27.5 x 22 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Paul De Vree, Ocean stripe 5, 1967.Book, paper, ink, 20.3 x 16.6 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 24, 1967.Periodical, ink, paper, 22.9 x 16.3 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Still Life with Lemon, 1970.Miscellaneum, card; ink on paper, 12.3 x 16.9 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sailing Barge Redwing, 1971.Print, print; ink on paper (silkscreen), 33 x 31.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Tree Shells, 1971.Print, folding card; ink on paper, 9.8 x 7.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sails / Waves 2, 1971.Miscellaneum, card; ink on paper (screenprint), 10.5 x 14.7 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Homage to Donald McGill, 1971.Miscellaneum, card; ink on paper, 14.6 x 9.4 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Sailor's Calendar, 1971.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 17.5 x 12.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sail / Sundial, 1972.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 7.5 x 7.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Homage to Pop Art, 1973.Miscellaneum, card; ink on paper, 10.5 x 14.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Family Group, 1973.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 15.5 x 26.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Calm in a Tea-cup, 1973.Miscellaneum, folding card; ink on paper, 16.5 x 13.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Honey By The Water, 1973.Book, book; ink on paper, 27.5 x 19.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Family, 1973.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 15.2 x 11.6 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Silhouettes, 1974.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 29.6 x 12.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Pretty Kettle of Fish, 1974.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 11.7 x 12.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Homage to Robert Lax, 1974.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 25.5 x 10.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, National Flags Series: Valhalla, 1975.Print, postcard; ink on paper, 105 x 148 mm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lullaby, 1975.Print, ink on paper, 58.5 x 40.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Panzer Selection, 1975.Print, ink on paper, 44 x 35.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Textbooklet 1, 1975.Book, concertina/booklet; ink on paper, 10.0 x 5.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Luftwaffe - After Mondrian, 1976.Print, ink on paper, 41.5 x 53 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Imitations, Variations, Reflections, Copies, 1976.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 11.7 x 12.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Homage to Poussin, 1977.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 13.0 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, The Wild Hawthorn Art Test, 1977.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 12.8 x 10.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Trailblazers, 1978.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 7.0 x 9.5 cm, 28 p., unsigned and unnumbered.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Textbooklet 2, 1979.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 10.0 x 5.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dzaezl, 1979.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 15.0 x 21.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Romances, Emblems, Enigmas, 1980.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 14.2 x 8.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Woods and Seas, 1980.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 6.0 x 9.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Two Billows, 1980.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 14.1 x 8.1 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Litany, A Requiem, 1981.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 9.7 x 5.7 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ian Hamilton Finlay 'Unnatural Pebbles' (with 'Detached Sentences on the Pebble'), 1981.Book, ink, paper, 16.2 x 15.9 cm, language : English, layout by the artist, publisher : Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Anticipations, 1982.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 11.4 x 10.4 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Midway 3, 1982.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 13.0 x 25.2 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, The Mailed Pinkie, 1982.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 11.4 x 11.1 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ian Hamilton Finlay 'Talismans and Signifiers' (with 'Sphere into Cube'), 1984.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 20.3 x 12.9 cm, language : English, layout by the artist, publisher : Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Proposal for a Wall, 1985.Print, print; ink on paper, 24.7 x 64 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Saint-Juste Pyramid, 1985.Print, ink on paper, 41.5 x 53 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Reap the SAC Faction, 1985.Print, print; ink on paper, 27.9 x 18.4 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, REVOLUTION, 1986.Print, print; ink on paper, 43 x 43 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Urn (Garden Poem), 1986.Print, ink on paper, 81 x 21.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Proposal for a Monument to Ludwig Feuerbach, 1986.Print, print; ink on paper, 24.7 x 64 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Seven Seed Packets, 1986.Print, colour-photo lithograph; ink on paper, 63.2 x 40.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Heraclitean Variations, 1986.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 10.0 x 9.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 14, 1986.Periodical, ink, paper, 24.2 x 17.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, 1987.Print, ink on paper, 29.7 x 41.7 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, The Medium is the Message: Death to Strathclyde Region, 1987.Print, ink on paper, 76 x 58.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Laconic - Homage to Neo-Classicism, 1987.Print, ink on paper, 76 58.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poursuites Révolutionnaires, 1987.Book, book; ink on paper, 20 × 17 cm, 108 p. .
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Birds fly. Waterfowl ply., 1989.Miscellaneum, ink on paper, folding card; 11.4 x 8.9 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Blades, 1989.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 15.3 x 20.6 cm, 6 p..
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Thermidor, 1989.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 21.5 x 14.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, 3 Texts, 1989.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 13.5 x 13.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ian Hamilton Finlay 1789 1794, 1989.Book, ink, paper, 15.1 x 15.2 cm, language : English, German, Text & layout by the artist, publisher : Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Two Scythes, 1990.Print, ink on paper, 28.2 x 23 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sickle/Lightning Flash, 1990.Print, ink on paper, 46.9 x 29.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, 3 Columns, 1991.Print, print; ink on paper, 37.5 x 26.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Capital Ship, 1991.Print, ink on paper, 30.2 x 81 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, After Magritte, 1991.Print, ink on paper, 62 x 81 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Saint-Just Composing the Republican Institutions, 1992.Video, ink on paper, 46.0 x 46.0 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, BROUNT: An Idyll. MINT COPY., 1992.Book, booklet; ink on paper, 29.5 x 21 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A Formal Pool for Stockwood Park, Luton, 1992.Print, lithograph; ink on paper, 295 x 386 mm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, A, E, I, O, BLUE, 1992.Print, print; ink on paper, 45.8 x 152 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Too Many Laws Too Few Examples, 1993.Poster, poster; ink on paper, screenprint, 59.6 x 81.9 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Heraclitean Variations, 1994.Print, lithograph; ink on paper, 18.9 × 29.8 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 25.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 23.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 22.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 17.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Paul De Vree, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 12.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 10.Periodical, ink, paper, 26 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 8.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 7.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 6.Periodical, ink, paper.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 5.Periodical, ink, paper, 26 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 4.Periodical, ink, paper, 26 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 3.Periodical, ink, paper, 26 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 2.Periodical, ink, paper, 26 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 1.Periodical, ink, paper, 26 x 20.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, 4 Sails.Poetry, paper, ink, cardboard, 16.5 x 16.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 19.Periodical, ink, paper, 24 x 16.3 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 21.Periodical, ink, paper, 22.9 x 16.6 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 13.Periodical, ink, paper, 24.2 x 17 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 15.Periodical, ink, paper, 24.7 x 17.5 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 11.Periodical, ink, paper, 26.4 x 21 cm.
>Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. number 9.Periodical, ink, paper, 26.4 x 20.8 cm.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: A NON-U-MENTAL HISTORY OF M HKA – Part 2: What must be heard. 11 September 2021 - 09 January 2022.
> Exhibition: IAN HAMILTON FINLAY - Bibliophile Publications from the Collection of Wilfried Wynants. 12 May 2018 - 02 September 2018.
> Exhibition: NEONLICHT #2 - Ian Hamilton Finlay in het archief Paul De Vree. 26 April 2012 - 22 May 2012.
> Exhibition: NEONLICHT #5 - Pierre Garnier in het archief Paul De Vree. 13 September 2012 - 01 January 2012.
> Ensemble: Artist Books.
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> Ensemble: kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren '80 [artists' books from the 80s].
> Ensemble: POOR.OLD.TIRED.HORSE..
> Ensemble: vers univers.