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Fifty-One Towers of Babel / John Furnival., 1984

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Identifier: CC-12785-13069

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Scope and Contents

Furnival reproduced lessons from 51 language grammers as drawings in that language and arranged them in vertical fashions. He also included such signs as cattle brands and petroglyphs reflecting the far West influence on him during a year's sabbatical in New Mexico where this screen was executed. He recounted to the Sackners on the number of hours spent on this work - 1250 hours! This screen is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) pages 50-51. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 standing screen (drawing, wood, ink, gesso, both sides)) ; 203 x 193 x 4 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

dining room

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Roswell, New Mexico : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: John Furnival '84 (l.r.- center panel). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: KEELEY.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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