Be Fruitful and Multiply, 1987
Scope and Contents
The imagery in this knitted sweater relates to fruit, including the one arm bandit, gambling or fruit machines, a big apple, and a "Be Fruitful..." text. The colors have their basis in the brightness of Southwestern United States where Furnival knitted this piece at Roswell Institute, New Mexico, during an artistic sabbatical. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1987
Creator
- Furnival, Astrid, 1940- (Person)
Extent
1 item (1 object) : 1 clothing (sweater, knitted) ; 76 x 152 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Woodchester Gloucester, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 1 total copies.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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