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Furnival, John, 1933-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-05-29-

Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:

[Letter to Tom (?)] / Furnival, John; Chopin H; Morgan E; Weaver M., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-13203-13504
Scope and Contents

The message has been written on the verso of a photograph b&w depicting a visual poem by Furnival done in 1964. Furnival mentions that Mike Weaver was slightly peeved by Edwin Morgan's talk which leaned heavily on his "Image" article without giving Weaver credit for it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Letters to the Great Dead: And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye... / Furnival, John., 2002

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Identifier: CC-38797-40711
Scope and Contents

This is an ink-jet print made from an original etching as noted on the verso by Furnival. The edition size is not provided. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Letters to the Great Dead: Ant on Bruckner / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1984

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Identifier: CC-13159-13460
Scope and Contents

Can be read as "Ant on Bruckner." The print depicts a portrait of Anton Bruckner, the composer, with a large ant on the top of his head. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Letters to the Great Dead: Arc-En-Oeil / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985

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Identifier: CC-13154-13455
Scope and Contents

This depicts a black and white portrait of Eric Satie with rainbow colored eye glasses? or eye brows? The citation "Arc-En-Oeuil en Arcueil" is printed at the bottom of the print. In another copy, the same citation is on a blue rectangle.Arcueil is the name of the town south of Paris where Satiespent some time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Letters to the Great Dead: Arc-En-Oeil / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985

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Identifier: CC-13162-13463
Scope and Contents

This depicts a black and white portrait of Eric Satie with rainbow colored eye glasses? or eye brows? The citation "Arc-En-Oeuil en Arcueil" is printed on a blue rectangle at the bottom of the print. In another copy, the same citation is printed without the blue rectangle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Letters to the Great Dead: Ars Longa Vida Blue Ave Atque Vale! / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan; Oppenheimer J., 1989

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Identifier: CC-13152-13453
Scope and Contents

Photograph depicts Joel Oppenheimer in baseball regalia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Letters to the Great Dead: Bunting at Brigflatts / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985

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Identifier: CC-13288-13589
Scope and Contents

This depicts the poet Basil Bunting standing outside his house with the caption, "all sounds fall still, fellside bleat, hide-and-seek peewit." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Letters to the Great Dead: Charles Olson: Isolated Person in Gloucester, Massachusetts / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1987

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Identifier: CC-13157-13458
Scope and Contents

This depicts a sepia toned photograph of the poet Charles Olsen writing at his desk with the caption, "I, Maximus, address you islands of men and girls." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP / Furnival, John., 1996

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-28593-29882
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a photographic portrait of Houedard along with the famous Haiku he translated from Bashu, "frog, pond, plop." It is depicted on page 140 of Furnival's book, "The Locative-Vocative Cases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP / Furnival, John., 1996

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Identifier: CC-54726-990160
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a photographic portrait of Houedard along with the famous Haiku he translated from Bashu, "frog, pond, plop." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Letters to the Great Dead: Firbank in Fox's Furs on Firbank Fell / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1988

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Identifier: CC-13155-13456
Scope and Contents

This depicts a colored portrait of the British poet Ronald Firbank standing on a large rock, with the caption, "Firbank in Fox's Furs on Firbank Fell." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Letters to the Great Dead: Hist! It's Liszt! / Furnival, John., 2012

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Identifier: CC-56406-9999819
Scope and Contents

Hist means to 'attract attention.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Letters to the Great Dead: Ite in Pace / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985

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Identifier: CC-13143-13444
Scope and Contents

The poem can be read as So Long or Song. The title is in Latin meaning Rest in Peace. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Letters to the Great Dead: Louden Lots Largamente Slargando / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1986

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Identifier: CC-13156-13457
Scope and Contents

This depicts a man and woman who cannot be identified with the caption, "Louden lots Largamente Slargando." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Letters to the Great Dead: Monsieur Point / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1984

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Identifier: CC-13161-13462
Scope and Contents

This depicts a portrait of M. Point, a French architect who built "La Pyramide" in Paris, with a quote by him in the caption, "success is the sum of a lot of small things correctly done." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Letters to the Great Dead: Mr. Lear / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1984

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Identifier: CC-13163-13464
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a black and white portrait of Edward Lear, the British poet-artist, surrounded by colored animals he wrote about in his verse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Letters to the Great Dead: Mr.J. Atkinson Grimshaw confers with his friend / Furnival, John., 1995

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Identifier: CC-56141-9999584
Scope and Contents This work is partially printed and partially hand-colored.The text reads,"Mr. J. Atkinson Grimshaw confers with his friend, the Butterfly of Battersea Reach, as to the proportions of mastic to copal in the constitution of Noctournal Sauce" Wikipidia: John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 "“ 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a "remarkable and imaginative painter" known for his city night-scenes and landscapes. His early paintings were signed "JAG," "J. A. Grimshaw," or "John Atkinson Grimshaw," though he finally settled on "Atkinson Grimshaw." Grimshaw's primary influence was the Pre-Raphaelites. True to the Pre-Raphaelite style, he created landscapes of accurate colour, lighting, vivid detail,and realism. He painted landscapes that typified seasons or a type of weather; city and suburban street scenes and moonlit views of the docks in London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Glasgow also figured largely in his art. His careful painting and skill in lighting effects meant that he...
Dates: 1995

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