Artist Monograph

Ian Hamilton Finlay, British

British, 1925–2006

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	33	52.4%
Lithography	27	42.9%
Screenprint	3	4.8%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 53
Illustrated Book — 9
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	38	86.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	13.6%

Range: 9.0 cm → 81.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1990	1
1997	35
2007	1
2008	26

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 63 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Acrobats Print Acc. 182.1990	1966	Screenprint	composition: 15 1/4 × 10 7/8" (38.8 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 7/8" (53 × 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda Barth Goldstein
Sea Poppy 2 Print Acc. 1196.2008	1968	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 4 15/16 x 4 7/8" (12.5 x 12.4 cm); sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4" (15.8 x 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky
Blue / Water's / Bark Print Acc. 1197.2008	1972	Offset card	composition and sheet (unfolded): 2 1/8 x 9" (5.4 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Spiral Binding Illustrated Book Acc. 1014.2007	1972	Artist's book	overall (closed, irreg.): 17 15/16 x 7 3/16" (45.5 x 18.3 cm); overall (open, irreg.): 17 15/16 x 10 13/16" (45.5 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Monroe Wheeler Fund
Copyright Print Acc. 1198.2008	1973	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 3 1/8 x 4 7/16" (7.9 x 11.3 cm); sheet (unfolded): 4 7/16 x 13 1/2" (11.2 x 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Wild Hawthorn Weapons Series No. 2: Homage to Max Bill Print Acc. 1199.2008	1974	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 4 15/16 x 3 1/4" (12.6 x 8.2 cm); sheet: 6 x 4" (15.2 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Lullaby Print Acc. 1201.2008	1975	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 5 3/8 x 3 11/16" (13.6 x 9.3 cm); sheet: 5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Marine Prototypes Print Acc. 1202.2008	1975	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 5 9/16 x 4" (14.2 x 10.1 cm); sheet: 6 x 4 1/4" (15.2 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Pacific Multiple Acc. 1200.2008	1975	Board game with two sets of playing pieces on cardstock and instruction sheet	Other (board): 11 1/16 x 15 3/16" (28.1 x 38.5 cm); Sheet (playing pieces, each): 7 1/2 x 10 15/16" (19 x 27.8 cm); Sheet (instruction sheet): 7 9/16 x 11" (19.2 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Stonypath Garden & Gallery Series: 'USS Nautilus' Print Acc. 1204.2008	1975	Offset card	composition: 7 15/16 x 5 3/8" (20.2 x 13.6 cm); sheet: 8 5/8 x 6" (21.9 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
The Divided Meadows of Aphrodite Print Acc. 1203.2008	1975	Offset card	composition: 5 3/8 x 3 5/8" (13.7 x 9.2 cm); sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8" (14.9 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Selected Ponds Illustrated Book Acc. 1205.2008	1976	Artist's book	page: 11 3/4 x 11 7/16" (29.8 x 29.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Improvisation no. 1 Print Acc. 1206.2008.1-x1	1977	Offset on card with duplicate	composition and sheet: 2 5/8 x 8 1/4" (6.7 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
'Auch ich war in Arkadien' Print Acc. 1208.2008	1978	Offset card	composition: 3 3/4 x 5 1/2" (9.6 x 14 cm); sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 1/2" (9.6 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
A Woodland Flute Print Acc. 1211.2008	1978	Offset card	composition and sheet: 6 x 4" (15.2 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Handley Page Heyford Print Acc. 1210.2008	1978	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 5 3/8 x 3 7/16" (13.6 x 8.8 cm); sheet: 6 9/16 x 5 1/16" (16.7 x 12.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Leaf/Bark Bookmark Print Acc. 1209.2008.1-x1	1978	Offset on card with one duplicate	composition (irreg.): 5 3/8 x 15/16" (13.6 x 2.4 cm); sheet: 6 1/4 x 1 9/16" (15.8 x 3.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Marionette (2) Print Acc. 1207.2008	1978	Offset card	composition: 5 1/8 x 3 3/16" (13 x 8.1 cm); sheet: 6 x 4 1/16" (15.2 x 10.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Reply Card Print Acc. 1212.2008	1978	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 2 5/8 x 4 3/16" (6.6 x 10.7 cm); sheet: 3 7/16 x 5 1/2" (8.8 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
'Cythera' Print Acc. 1214.2008	1979	Offset card	composition (irreg.): 7 1/4 x 3 7/16" (18.4 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 7/16 x 3 11/16" (18.9 x 9.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Arbre (Tree) Print Acc. 1217.2008.1-x1	1979	Offset on card with duplicate	composition and sheet: 6 1/4 x 1 7/16" (15.8 x 3.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Blue Water's Bark Print Acc. 1215.2008.1-x1	1979	Offset on folded card with duplicate	composition (irreg.): 7/8 x 7" (2.2 x 17.8 cm); sheet (unfolded): 3 1/16 x 15 9/16" (7.8 x 39.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Butterfly Print Acc. 1213.2008	1979	Offset card	sheet (unfolded): 1 3/4 x 2 5/8" (4.4 x 6.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Butterfly Garden Print Acc. 1218.2008	1979	Offset envelope and 12 offset tags	envelope: 7 1/2 x 5" (19 x 12.7 cm); tag (each): 1 7/16 x 4 7/16" (3.7 x 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Snow Bark Print Acc. 1216.2008	1979	Offset card	composition and sheet: 2 3/16 x 5 5/16" (5.5 x 13.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Nature Over Again After Poussin Illustrated Book Acc. 1219.2008	1980	Artist's book	various dims. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Two Billows Illustrated Book Acc. 1220.2008	1980	Artist's book	page: 5 3/8 x 3 1/8" (13.6 x 8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
Woods and Seas Illustrated Book Acc. 1221.2008	1980	Artist's book	page (each): 2 3/8 x 3 9/16" (6 x 9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ivy Rutzky, New York
A Litany, A Requiem Illustrated Book Acc. 547.1997	1981	Artist's book	overall (closed): 3 13/16 × 2 1/4" (9.7 × 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gabriella De Ferrari
A Flute for Saint Just Print Acc. 81.1997	1983	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
7 Seed Packets Print Acc. 82.1997	1986	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
L'Idylle des cerises Illustrated Book Acc. 548.1997	1986	Artist's book	overall (closed): 5 13/16 × 8 1/4" (14.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gabriella De Ferrari
Marat Assasiné Print Acc. 83.1997	1986	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Both the Garden Style Print Acc. 84.1997	1987	Offset lithograph	composition: 12 7/16 × 7 3/16" (31.6 × 18.2 cm); sheet: 18 11/16 × 11 15/16" (47.5 × 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
The Desmoulins Connection Print Acc. 108.1997.1-13	1988	Series of 13 offset lithographs	sheet (folded, each approx.): 1 3/4 × 3 15/16" (4.5 × 10 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Bal des victimes Print Acc. 85.1997	1989	Screenprint	composition and sheet: 32 1/16 × 24 3/8" (81.4 × 61.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
1794 Print Acc. 86.1997	1990	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
4 Baskets Illustrated Book Acc. 87.1997	1990	Artist's book	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Abraham a Santa Clara Print Acc. 88.1997	1990	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
A Model of Order Print Acc. 104.1997	1991	Offset lithograph	composition: 7 × 3" (17.8 × 7.6 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 × 3 3/8" (18.7 × 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
A Reflection on the French Revolution Print Acc. 91.1997	1991	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Column Drum to Drum Print Acc. 92.1997	1991	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Ian Hamilton Finlay and The Wild Hawthorn Press 1958-1991 Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1997	1991	Artist's book	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacqueline Brody
Piranesi, part 1 Print Acc. 93.1997	1991	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Temple of Apollo Print Acc. 90.1997	1991	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Three Banners Print Acc. 89.1997	1991	Offset lithograph	composition (each): 7 7/8 x 2 13/16" (20 x 7.1 cm); sheet (folded): 7 7/8 x 11 7/16" (20 x 29.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
An Eighteenth Century Line on a Watering Can Print Acc. 100.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	sheet (folded): 4 15/16 × 5 13/16" (12.5 × 14.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Fructidor Print Acc. 95.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	sheet (folded): 6 x 12" (15.3 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
If the Garden Were Not a Republic Print Acc. 97.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Les Femmes de la révolution, after Anselm Kiefer (Women of the Revolution, after Anselm Kiefer) Print Acc. 98.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	composition: 5 13/16 x 7 7/16" (14.7 x 18.9 cm); sheet: 6 5/16 x 7 15/16" (16 x 20.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Piranesi, part 2 Print Acc. 94.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Thermidor Print Acc. 99.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Wildflower, n. Print Acc. 96.1997	1992	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
1794 Print Acc. 102.1997	1993	Offset lithograph	sheet (folded): 7 5/16 × 4 13/16" (18.5 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
A Dream Is Always the Sentiment Print Acc. 103.1997	1993	Offset lithograph	sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.5 × 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Saint Just Print Acc. 105.1997	1993	Offset lithograph	sheet (folded): 6 3/4 x 4 1/8" (17.1 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Wildflower, n. A mean term Print Acc. 101.1997	1993	Offset lithograph	sheet (folded): 7 5/16 × 4 3/16" (18.5 × 10.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Heraclitean Variations Print Acc. 110.1997	1994	Offset lithograph	sheet: 7 7/16 × 11 3/4" (18.9 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
The Revolution Print Acc. 106.1997	1994	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Viala Print Acc. 107.1997	1994	Offset lithograph	sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 15/16" (26.1 × 20.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Picpus Print Acc. 111.1997	1995	Artist's book	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Three Wild Flowers Print Acc. 109.1997	1995	Artist's book	overall (closed): 4 1/16 × 4 1/16" (10.3 × 10.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Reef Points Print Acc. 112.1997.1-7	1996	Portfolio of seven screenprints	sheet (each): 3 9/16 × 3 9/16" (9 × 9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund