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Artists›Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Artist

WA-00005869

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

165

Works in Collection

247

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (5 fields)

0 cross-verified · 5 single-source

BiographyGallery· 60%
Birth yearGallery· 60%
LocationGallery· 60%
NationalityGallery· 60%
Profile imageGallery· 60%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1878
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Victoria-Miro
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

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Tate

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Artworks (165)

WattsOS

A LAST WORD: RUDDER

1999 · Household paint on wall

Overall displayed dimensions variable

Tate

La Révolution devrait faire pour le peuple ce que le Cubisme a fait pour le couteau, la fourchette et la cuillère

1998 · Screenprint on paper

1996 · Boat and painted wall text

displayed: 6020 x 4400 x 1400 mm

overall (closed): 4 1/16 × 4 1/16" (10.3 × 10.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Heraclitean Variations

1994 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 7 7/16 × 11 3/4" (18.9 × 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Viala

1994 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 15/16" (26.1 × 20.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Revolution

1994 · Offset lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

A Dream Is Always the Sentiment

1993 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8" (15.5 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Formal Pool for Stockwood Park, Luton

1992 · Lithograph on paper

image: 295 x 386 mm

Tate

Flute

1991 · Bronze on stone base

object: 530 x 1228 x 438 mm, 150.5 kg

Tate

Quin Morere

1991 · Bronze; with Nicholas Sloan

object: 936 x 711 x 55 mm, 33.4 kg

Tate

Ventose

1991 · Bronze and stone; with Jamie Sargeant

object: 1095 x 390 x 250 mm, 31.4 kg

Tate

Drum

1991 · Bronze; with Jamie Sargeant

object: 197 x 450 x 370 mm

Tate

Osez

1991 · Bronze and stone; with Jamie Sargeant

object: 1520 x 125 x 120 mm, 8.3 kg plinth: 1256 x 230 x 230 mm, 150 kg

Tate

Evening / Sail

1991 · Screenprint on paper

image: 720 x 205 mm

Tate

A Reflection on the French Revolution

1991 · Offset lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

Temple of Apollo

1991 · Offset lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Ian Hamilton Finlay and The Wild Hawthorn Press 1958-1991

1991 · Artist's book

Museum of Modern Art

1794

1990 · Offset lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

Je Vous Salue Marat

1989 · Neon lights; with Julie Farthing

object: 910 x 1120 x 80 mm

Tate

A Wartime Garden

1989 · Limestone and painted fibreboard; with John Andrew

displayed: 1620 x 8840 x 8860 mm

Tate

A Proposal for a Private Garden in Germany

1989 · Lithograph on paper

image: 152 x 439 mm

Tate

Le Tombeau de Rousseau au Panthéon

1989 · Screenprint on paper

image: 520 x 370 mm

Tate

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Artwork sources (2)

165 published of 228 catalogued · 206 with image

Tate
138 published135 img
MoMA
27 publishedof 90 catalogued71 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Spiral Binding
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Necktank [collaboration with Michael Harvey]
1973 · Tate · 1 prov
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At the Field’s Edge
1978 · Tate · 1 prov
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Ventose
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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Prinz Eugen
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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Homage to Malevich
1978 · Tate · 1 prov
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A Remembrance of R.L.S.
1987 · Tate · 1 prov
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Landscape with a Buried Capital from ‘Six Proposals for the Improvement of Stockwood Park Nurseries in the Borough of Luton’
1986 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Little Seamstress [collaboration with Richard Demarco]
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Flute
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
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