Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:
Plans for the Creation of a Living Museum, 1970
Poem/Print No.11 (trial version) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969
This depicts an image of Xmas Star, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xmas Star printed in red, the remainder of the image is printed in black. In this unique version, the image is printed on much heavier stock paper than the original print. The inscription on verso reads, reprint from the Wild Hawthorn Press April 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Poem/Print No.11 [Xmas Star] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969
This is an image of Xmas Star, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xnas Star printed in red, the remainder of the image is printed in black. Printed at the lower right is "Wild Hawthorne Press April 1969. The Sackner Archive holds a smaller version of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Poem/Print No.14 [Xmas Rose] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969
This is aimage of Xmas Rose, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xmas Rose printed in red, the remainder iis printed in black. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Poems] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Furnival J; Cox K; Verity S; Warner M., 1992 - 1999
This represents a posthumous homage to Dom Sylvester Houedard from John Furnival who reprinted the poet's most famous poems and included a photographic silkscreened portrait as well as two photographs of the poet. Contains a tribute page by Marina Warner which she begins with "A letter from dom Sylvester Houedard was an archive (though always succinct), a poem (of an unusual kind), and, sometimes, a personal message of touching kindness..." Marina Warner provided an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Poesie Visuelle / Chopin H ; Furnival J ; Gerz J ; Mustill N ; Nannucci M ; Williams C., 1972
The cover of the card depicts Emmett Williams' poem "SolDIEer." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Polar Bear Poster Poem, 1965
In this poem, Furnival plays with permutations of bear, the personal pronouns, ours & nous (we in English from the French), and son using his distinctive calligraphic printed letterform style. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 56. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Poor Old Tired Horse, No. 19: io and the ox-eye daisy, 1967
[Portrait of an Unknown Man] / Furnival, John., 1975
A man's portrait is in the foreground. Behind him are the spires and roof tops of an British city. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Portrait of Celia Mitchell / Furnival, John., 1997
The edition size is unknown. This print is depicted on page 142 of Furnival's book, "The Locative-Vocartive Cases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Position I Du Movement International / Garnier, Pierre, editor; Claus CF; Finlay IH; Yasuo F; Furnival J; Garnier I; Garnier P; Gomringer E; Grogerova B; Hirsal J; Hollo A; Houedard DS; Jandl E; Kitasono K; VanDerLinde F; Mon F; Morgan E; Novak L; Schimuzu T; Vinholes L; DeVree P; Williams E; Azeredo R; Bense M; Braga E; DeCampos A; DeCampos H; Chamie M; Chopin H; Dohl R; Fujitomi Y; Grunewald JL; Harig L; Henneberg C; Petronio A; Pignatari D; Pino WD; Xisto P; Dufrene F; Heidsieck B., 1965
This manifesto on the "New Poetry" was drawn up by an international group of poets who are listed as contributors. Other poets working in this field are cited in the contributor field. According to this document, the new poetry can be classified as concrete poetry, phonetic poetry, objective poetry, visual poetry, and sound poetry, Othe related poetries include cybernetic poetry, serial poetry, permutations, word sounds, etc. The major periodicals publishing new poetry are as follows: 1) Germany: Rot, Texturen; 2) England: Poor Old Tired Horse; 3) Belgium: De Tafelronde; 4) Brazil: Invencao, Praxis; 5) France: Cinqueme Saison, Les Lettres; 6) Holland: Kentering; 7) Japan: Vou; 8) Switzerland: Konkrete Poesie; 9) Austria: Manuskripte. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Proposal: Ian Hamilton Finlay - Poem/ Prints / Leiber, Steven ; Furnival J., 2004
This catalogue features the prints of Ian Hamilton Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Purple A Omega] / Furnival, John., 1966
Depicts purple overprinted letters, the A and Omega, in the shape of a regular cross. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Putting in a Word for Art / Midgette, Anne; Furnival J; Furnival A., 1994
Quack Cures Pond / Furnival, John., 1998
This is a reprinting of a print from the portfolio, "Evelines, Headlines," done in collaboration with Furnival's first group of students and Ian Hamilton Finlay. According to Furnival, the portfolio sprang from a drawing that his daughter did of The Flying Scotsman - literally a Scotsman in a kilt with angel's wings. With respect to this poem, it might be a take-off on Basho's famous poem, Frog Pond Plop. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Quel Boulot! / Furnival, John., 1998
The print depicts a drawing of a tree barren of leaves, presumably in the Furnival's house in southern France that is captioned "What sort of Job!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Real I Sing, 1974
A large grainy photographic portrait of Eric Satie is the center image with the words "Real I" drawn in three dimensions at the top and "Sing" at the bottom. The title can also be pronounced "realizing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Real I Sing / Furnival, John; Burns, Richard., 1974
Depicts a low resolution photographic portrait of Erik Satie surrounded by handcolored colored borders. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Concrete poetry 112
- Visual art 78
- Visual poetry 71
- Picture poetry 67
- Documentation 55
- Calligraphic text 23
- Shaped poetry 20
- Letter picture 18
- Conventional poetry 17
- Minimalist poetry 17
- Alphabetical text 15
- Critical text 13
- Found poetry 13
- Typewriter poetry 12
- Colored text 11
- Visual/verbal 11
- Artist book 10
- Political poetry 10
- Portrait 9
- Fragmented text 8
- Labyrinth 8
- Permutation 8
- Aphorism 6
- Exhibition review 6
- Typewriter art 6
- Conventional fiction 5
- Optical image 5
- Reference text 5
- Sound poetry 5
- Text over text 5
- Conventional non-fiction 4
- Correspondence art 4
- Exhibitions 4
- Map 4
- Mathematical poetry 4
- Neo-Dada 4
- Repetitious text 4
- Abstract markings 3
- Anagram 3
- Artist book (citation) 3
- Constellation 3
- Neologism 3
- Reversal poem 3
- Semiotic poetry 3
- Typography 3
- Architecture 2
- Bibliography 2
- Biography 2
- Constructivism 2
- Emblem poetry 2
- Illustrated book 2
- Manifesto 2
- Music score 2
- Artist book (mass produced) 1
- Bath Academy of Art -- Students 1
- Bauhaus 1
- Book review 1
- Cartoon 1
- Collage Art 1
- Conceptual art 1
- Conceptual text 1
- Cubism 1
- Dada 1
- Diagram 1
- Fluxus 1
- Futurism 1
- Game 1
- Ideogram 1
- Illustrated book (citation) 1
- Illustrated book (limited edition) 1
- Kabbalah 1
- Minimal art 1
- Mirror writing 1
- Pop-up 1
- Prints 1
- Punctuation poem 1
- Surrealism 1 + ∧ less