Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:
The Computer's First Translation / Morgan, Edwin, editor; Cobbing B; Furnival J; Parfitt W; Finch P; Morgan E., 1979
The card depict unreadable poems that might have been produced, according to Morgan's imagination, by bugs in computers' first programs on making translations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Corridors of Flower-Power, 1969
Depicts three visual poetic word columns. The Archive also holds this print backed on museum board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Corridors of Flower-Power, 1969
Depicts three visual poetic word columns and several circles with optical effects from interlacing short lines. This print is depicted on page 44 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dark Lady / Furnival, John., 1977
In this drawing, the Dark Lady by the Dark Tow(er) was placed in the center section. A portrait of the head of Shakespeare was placed at the upper right and that of Queen Elizabeth on the left. "An Index to the Alphabet of Manuall Significations" (sign language) is drawn on the lower left side. The content of this drawing and scale of the portraits gives a surrealistic-like sensibility. The Archive also holds another drawing relating to this work entitled, [Shakespeare, His Maze]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure , 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. Stored in Odds & Sods. The duplicate print is matted. Another copy listed seperately was signed by Furnival. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure , 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has three other unsigned copies of this print. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure, 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has two other unsigned copies of this print; this is the only copy that is folded. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure / Furnival, John., 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has three other unsigned copies of this print. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The eccentric monk and his typewriter / Rawsthorn, Alice; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Wright E; Morgan E., 2012
This article (page 9) about Dom Sylvester Houedard deals with the book launch of "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter" (2012) by Occasional Papers at the South London Gallery in December 2012. The Sackners were present at this event and Marvin Sackner lectured on visual works that Houedard made before his well known typed concrete poems. One of the two illustrations in this article was the property of the Sackner Archive. The newspaper was mailed to the Sackners along with a thank you card by Sara [de Bondt] and Antony Hudek, the owners of Occasional Papers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Eiffel Tower, 1995
This is a reprint on different paper (Arches 88) of the same print from the sixties -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[The Eiffel Tower] / John Furnival., 1967
This is an extra copy of a poem object that also is included on Revue Ou No.30-31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[The Eiffel Tower] / John Furnival., 1967
This is an extra copy of a poem object that also is included on Revue Ou No.30-31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Erik Satie Road-Sign, second version / Furnival, John; Moore, A. Doyle., 1974
A red, triangular road sign in printed over two staves of music by Satie with the expression "Le colonel est la!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Fall of the Tower of Babel, 1995
This is a reprint on different paper (Arches 88) of the same print of the sixties. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The First Three Days, 1969
The Last Word in Poetry / Glazebrook, Elizabeth; Finlay IH; Furnival J; Houedard DS; Cox K., 1968
The Locative and Vocative Case / Furnival, John., 1995
The box was made from wooden fragments of commercial shipping crates that were printed or stenciled with the names of commercial products. A large surface of one lid is the actual tympan from the letterpress at Bath College with residuals of colored inks from student mistakes; the title is stenciled onto it. Inner surfaces of the box have been collaged with paper labels and stenciled with words, who? & where? in different languages. The box holds Furnival prints such as the Nailsworth series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Lucidities / Williams, Jonathan ; Furnival, John., 1967
Two semi-realistic prints on gold foil and two on silver foil by Furnival are laid into the book. Comments on each of his poems are placed by Williams at the bottom of each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Lucidities / Williams, Jonathan ; Furnival, John., 1967
Two semi-realistic prints on gold foil and two on silver foil by Furnival are laid into the book. Comments on each of his poems are placed by Williams at the bottom of each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Odd Shower / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1997
A beautifully rendered drawing of a rain storm seen through a double window. The view is probably from the Furnivals' English house. Part of a series of eight prints in collaboration with Jonathan Williams, "St Swithin's Swivet." This print is depicted on page 44 of Furnival's book "The Locative-Vocative Cases" (2012). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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- Concrete poetry 112
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- 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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