Furnival, John, 1933-
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:
[Letter to Tom (?)] / Furnival, John; Chopin H; Morgan E; Weaver M., 1970
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.
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
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Ant on Bruckner / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1984
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Arc-En-Oeil / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Arc-En-Oeil / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Ars Longa Vida Blue Ave Atque Vale! / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan; Oppenheimer J., 1989
Photograph depicts Joel Oppenheimer in baseball regalia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letters to the Great Dead: Bunting at Brigflatts / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Catullus on the Roman Wall / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1987
Letters to the Great Dead: Charles Olson: Isolated Person in Gloucester, Massachusetts / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1987
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Das Lied von der Nerd - Gustav Mahler / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1990
Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP / Furnival, John., 1996
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP / Furnival, John., 1996
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Du Beurre / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1986
Letters to the Great Dead: Firbank in Fox's Furs on Firbank Fell / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1988
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Hist! It's Liszt! / Furnival, John., 2012
Hist means to 'attract attention.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letters to the Great Dead: Ite in Pace / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Louden Lots Largamente Slargando / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1986
This depicts a man and woman who cannot be identified with the caption, "Louden lots Largamente Slargando." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Letters to the Great Dead: Monsieur Point / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1984
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Mr. Lear / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1984
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Mr.J. Atkinson Grimshaw confers with his friend / Furnival, John., 1995
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- Alphabetical text 15
- Critical text 13
- Found poetry 13
- Typewriter poetry 12
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- Aphorism 6
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- Mathematical poetry 4
- Neo-Dada 4
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- Text over text 4
- Abstract markings 3
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