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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-05-29-

Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:

Shed Shed Shed / Furnival, John., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-13281-13582
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1970

Six Variations on An Unoriginal, Adverbial (But Dull) Theme / Furnival, John., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-13336-13637
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1996

Sixty Sixties for Tom / Furnival, John; Phillips T., 1997

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-28464-29734
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1997

[Sketch of a Woman] / Furnival, John., 1960

 Item
Identifier: CC-13208-13509
Scope and Contents

Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

[Sketches of Baby Heads] / Furnival, John., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-13213-13514
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1970

[Smith Paint Co.] / John Furnival., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-13289-13590
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

[Smith Paint Co.] / John Furnival., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-13289-13590
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

So Long Long Song - Epitaph for Lorine Niedicker / Furnival, John., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-13198-13499
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1983

St. Swithin's Swivet / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1997

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-29413-30778
Scope and Contents

The print depicts an image of a sheep and lamb. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Standing Female Nude] / Furnival, John., 1952

 Item
Identifier: CC-13232-13533
Scope and Contents

Depicts front and back views of nude female model (recto-verso). Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1952

Statue of Liberty / Furnival, John., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-13297-13598
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1978

Subject to a Complex Depression / Furnival, John., 1995

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13190-13491
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1995

Thanksgiving Highlands North Carolina / Furnival, John., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-13199-13500
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1983

The A-Z of Consumerville (I) / Furnival, John., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-12784-13068
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1982

The A-Z of Consumerville (II) / Furnival, John., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12346-12572
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

The Bordeaux Collection / Phillips T ; Furnival J., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-22512-22937
Scope and Contents

Advertises portfolio of 25 etchings of French Chateaux wines by six British artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

The Chase / Furnival, John., 1997

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-29698-31073
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1997

The Chip Charter 1984 / Furnival, John., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-13257-13558
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

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Concrete poetry 112
Visual art 78
Visual poetry 71
Picture poetry 67
Documentation 55