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Furnival, John, 1933-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-05-29-

Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:

To Catch a White Man By His Manifesto [incomplete set] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester, editor; Students of Bath Academy; Furnival J., 1967 - 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-61066-10003840
Scope and Contents

Cover of original portfolio is incomplete because of water damage. Printed by John Furnival. To Catch a Whiteman by His Manifesto' is a portfolio containing experimental typography and concrete poetry made by Dom Sylvester Houedard and his students from Bath Academy of Art. The names of the ten students involved are; Stephen Lowndes, Sue Hudson, Liz Kelly, Jenny Osborne, Angus Davis, Erica Grice, Noelle Stewart, Alan Hext, Paul Ansell and Melody Craig. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967 - 1968

Totentanz 1 / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-13312-13613
Scope and Contents

The image is of a couple ballroom dancing with three other dancing couples in the background. The drawing is surrounded by a border of four inked lines with the word Syndrome written in the left border. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Tower of Pisa, 1995

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-54728-990162
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. The print is silkscreened onto Arches 88 paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Tower of Pisa , 1965

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-54809-420239
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This unsigned print is depicted in black on page 36 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[Tower of Pisa] / Furnival, John., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-13224-13525
Scope and Contents

This panel depicts a component of Furnival's tower works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Tower of Pisa / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13331-13632
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This print is depicted in red in one image and black in another image on page 36 og Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). The Sackner copy is printed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Traveller's Joy - Glendower - W.H. Davies / Furnival, John., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-13172-13473
Scope and Contents

This is from the Nailsworth series and depicts a cottage there in which W.H. Davies lived the last part of his life. Furnival in a letter to the Sackners indicates that "Davies was a very grumpy old bloke, except when it came to children and animals, when he sprang to life." In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

[Tree] / Furnival, John., 1959

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Identifier: CC-13230-13531
Scope and Contents

Depicts image of a tree that is stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1959

Troughs of Low Pressure / Furnival, John., 1994

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Identifier: CC-13167-13468
Scope and Contents

Depicts a stormy looking landscape as part of a series of 11 prints on meteorlogical expressions in Cumbria in collaboration with Jonathan Williams. In The Vocative and Locative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Two Female Nudes] / Furnival, John., 1953

 Item
Identifier: CC-13246-13547
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1953

[Two Fingers & Black Mass] / Furnival, John., 1965

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Identifier: CC-13245-13546
Scope and Contents

Two finger-like objects point at a black circular mass. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[Two Gargoyles] / Furnival, John., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-13242-13543
Scope and Contents

Depicts simplified line drawings of the gargoyles. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Un Noyer peut en cacher un autre! / Furnival, John., 1997

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-30429-31849
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a drawing of a tree barren of leaves with a single bird's nest, presumably in the Furnival's house in southern France. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Unfolding Poem / Furnival, John., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-50586-71659
Scope and Contents

This piece is printed in green ink and opens with complex folds. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost for Words" (2011) page17. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Untitled] / Furnival, Astrid ; Furnival, John., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12237-12461
Scope and Contents

This catalog features John Furnival's Fifty-one Towers of Babel and the A-to-Z of Consumerville, works held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Verbal Hothouse: Symbols to Stories / Drucker J ; Brown B ; Genin A ; Robinson BL ; Hutchins E ; Seille G ; Jess ; Badura M ; Barron S ; Phillips T ; Kriwet F ; Jackman S ; Kolar J ; Cortot J ; Guerryam A ; Hartmann W ; Isou I ; Rose P ; Furnival J ; Hubaut J ; Horndeski G., 1994

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Identifier: CC-00914-938
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was curated by Kate Rawlinson and Wallace Harper with works from the Sackner Archive. It was structured into four groups of visual/verbal works: ideograms, alphabets, words and stories. Drucker provided an outstanding introductory critical essay to the works in the exhibition despite being able to work with photographic reproductions only. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Via Delorosa and Letter to John Bennett] / Furnival, John; Chopin H; Weaver M; Morgan E; Cameron C., 1964

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Identifier: CC-38225-40121
Scope and Contents

The letter on the verso of this photograph indicates that two of Chopin's items can be discounted. Also, Furnival mentions that Mike Weaver was upset with Edwin Morgan for not giving him more credit for his "image" article in a talk that he gave. The photograph depicts a constructivist drawing by Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

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Subject
Concrete poetry 109
Visual art 78
Visual poetry 71
Picture poetry 67
Documentation 55