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Egg Series: Curate's Egg, Imperially Hatched, In Parts / Furnival, John., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-13276-13577

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Scope and Contents

Curate is a British term for the assistant to a vicar of the Church of England. The drawing consists of hatched fragments of an egg shell with a lower case letter on each fragment that together spell "eggshellent." Here Furnival appears to be poking fun at the British religious institution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1976

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, handwriting) in frame (wood)) ; 19 x 24 cm, in frame 21 x 27 x 2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

closet front ro

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: Woodchester Gloucester, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: John Furnival 1976 (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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