Title
Talismans and signifiers (collaboration with Richard Grasby and Nicholas Sloan) nos. 3, 5, 7, 11, 18, 19
1984
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1984
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- six carved stones, six panels of text
- Dimensions
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installation dimensions variable
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a - No.3, 5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 cm
b - No.5, 3.8 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm
c - No.7, 1.9 x 10 x 6.6 cm
d - No.11, 5.3 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
e - No.18, 5.7 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
f - No.19, 5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 cm
g-l - 6 panels of text, 18.3 x 9.2 cm, each
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 95.1985.a-l
- Copyright
- © Ian Hamilton Finlay
- Artist information
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
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About
From a series of 20, made in collaboration with Richard Grasby and Nicholas Sloan.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
The British show, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 19 Feb 1985–24 Mar 1985
The British show, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Apr 1985–09 Jun 1985
The British show, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 05 Jul 1985–11 Aug 1985
The British show, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Melbourne, 26 Sep 1985–05 Nov 1985
The British show, National Art Gallery, Wellington, Wellington, 05 Dec 1985–26 Jan 1986
Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986
Acquisitions from the Komon, Salkauskas and Horton Funds, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 May 1987–31 May 1987
Ideas and Actions: Performance, Process and Documentation, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Oct 1999–23 Jan 2000
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986. cat.no. 120
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Anthony Bond OAM and William Wright AM, The British show, 'Biographies and catalogue', p157-160, Sydney, 1985, 158. Lent by the artist and Graeme Murray Gallery
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