Shed Shed Shed / Furnival, John., 1970
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Scope and Contents
This depicts a nude figure of a poet drawn in a classical mode in the midground who looks to a group of retreating boys chanting shed, shed, shed as a cartoon-like bubble. The poet says, "Shed your inhibitions, boys." A jester in the foreground state "In which the poet left for dead finally begins to practice what he preaches!" This drawing served as an illustration (page 27) to Michael Horowitz's poem, "The Wolverhampton Wanderer" 1971 (held by Sackner Archive). Drawing is stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1970
Creator
- Furnival, John, 1933- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink)) ; 34 x 25 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
flat files
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: J.P. Furnival 70 (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. 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
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
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