Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:
Shed Shed Shed / Furnival, John., 1970
This depicts a nude figure of a poet drawn in a classical mode in the midground who looks to a group of retreating boys chanting shed, shed, shed as a cartoon-like bubble. The poet says, "Shed your inhibitions, boys." A jester in the foreground state "In which the poet left for dead finally begins to practice what he preaches!" This drawing served as an illustration (page 27) to Michael Horowitz's poem, "The Wolverhampton Wanderer" 1971 (held by Sackner Archive). Drawing is stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Six Variations on An Unoriginal, Adverbial (But Dull) Theme / Furnival, John., 1996
Depicts a winter landscape with bare trees and rolling hills through a window. The title is printed in red in the upper right. "Rather," the adverb referenced in the title, is printed in blind intaglio capital letters to the right of center. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sixty Sixties for Tom / Furnival, John; Phillips T., 1997
Image consists of the sixty red number '60's' with varied dimensions placed in a vertical rectangular space with some of the numbers overlapping. It was done n celebration of Tom Phillips' 60th birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Sketch of a Woman] / Furnival, John., 1960
Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Sketches of Baby Heads] / Furnival, John., 1970
The verso is a sketch of a resting baby, no doubt one of the Furnival children. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Smith Paint Co.] / John Furnival., 1984
An image on this painter's cap found by Furnival during his sabbatical year at Anderson Foundation in Rosewell was re-invented on his screen "Fifty-one Towers of Babel" commissioned by the Sackner Archive. Specifically, the American eagle, perfectly rendered, holds a can of paint in one talon and a paint brush in the other with the found phrase from the cap "Paint-Up America" in a banner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Smith Paint Co.] / John Furnival., 1984
An image on this painter's cap found by Furnival during his sabbatical year at Anderson Foundation in Rosewell was re-invented on his screen "Fifty-one Towers of Babel" commissioned by the Sackner Archive. Specifically, the American eagle, perfectly rendered, holds a can of paint in one talon and a paint brush in the other with the found phrase from the cap "Paint-Up America" in a banner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
So Long Long Song - Epitaph for Lorine Niedicker / Furnival, John., 1983
The poem was presented in a bold, classic calligraphic style. It was subsequently utilized in Openings Press Card Series No.14. The verso depicts an incomplete line drawing of a non-objective shape. The print is depicted on page 132 of Furnival's book, "The Locative-Vocative Cases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[St. Catherine's Wheel] / Furnival, John., 1970
St. Swithin's Swivet / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1997
The print depicts an image of a sheep and lamb. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Standing Female Nude] / Furnival, John., 1952
Depicts front and back views of nude female model (recto-verso). Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Statue of Liberty / Furnival, John., 1978
An image of the Statue of Liberty (from Furnival's Manhatten print) is composed of contemporary newsprint printed in green on white paper. The poem by Emma Lazarus, "Give me your tired your poor" forms the flames originating from the statue's torch. At lower left and right side, Furnival utilizes letterforms from American currency for captions. On the left, "No One Sense (Unique) Marx Mai Words" is placed underneath the American symbol for money, the American Eagle with E Pluribus Unum. This print is depicted on page 63 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Subject to a Complex Depression / Furnival, John., 1995
Depicts a sheep peering through a window with the fields in the background; according to a letter from Furnival, this print is a companion to Bright Patches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Thanksgiving Highlands N. Carolina / Furnival, John., 1983
Thanksgiving Highlands North Carolina / Furnival, John., 1983
Drawing is a landscape through the windows of Jonathan Willliams' house in Highlands, North Carolina the day after the Thanksgiving holiday that depicts a half eaten turkey frame in the foreground. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The A-Z of Consumerville (I) / Furnival, John., 1982
Each of the 26 sheets represents a letter of the alphabet with collaged labels and stenciled ink drawings. The images accompanying this record spell "S A C K N E R." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The A-Z of Consumerville (II) / Furnival, John., 1984
Each of the 26 sheets represents a letter of the alphabet with collaged labels and stenciled ink drawings. The letters in the images depicted with this record are "T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Bordeaux Collection / Phillips T ; Furnival J., 1987
Advertises portfolio of 25 etchings of French Chateaux wines by six British artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Chase / Furnival, John., 1997
Each of the 21 poems in this print have a repetition of a word or beginning letter of a word in each of their lines, e.g., The Evening Star - The Example, The Excuse; The Trick, The Truth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Chip Charter 1984 / Furnival, John., 1984
The work deals with chips-frites (French Fried Potatos) adapted from the American Constitution. It includes seven principles, e.g., 1 Fritedom of Speech, 2. Fritedom of Movement, etc. which have been printed from rubberstampings in several colors. Furnival's summary at the bottom of the print reads, "We the Chips of the World Declare these Fritdoms to be Natural, Unalienable, Unfissionable & Uh...Uh... Chips of the World Unite! You've Nothing to lose but your Fat!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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- 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
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- Music score 2
- Artist book (mass produced) 1
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