Egg Series: Imperial Disinteggration (for Gibbon) / Furnival, John., 1976
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Scope and Contents
Both the caption and the egg shell have been fragmented in this drawing. Gibbon refers to the British historian, Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) who wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire." Furnival's drawing is a metaphor for this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1976
Creator
- Furnival, John, 1933- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, handwriting) in frame (wood, glass)) ; 25 x 19 cm, in frame 40 x 30 x 3 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
hallway off kit
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.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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