Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
36. In the Beginning, 1965
The poster depicts a stylized phallus formed from letters with a center channel ejecting the biblical phrase "In the beginning was the word..." The number 36 in the title refers to Furnival's 36th birthday -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
65th Birthday, 1998
This print was made to celebrate John Furnival's 65th birthday. The print depicts each year of his life as a colored number in a chaotic arrangement with overlays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Aliquotality, 1973
Images consist of language towers, number tower, the Statue of Liberty, a cowboy and Uncle Sam dipping an Englishman into a pot of tea. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" on pages 58-59. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Although the Meteorological], 1997
A drawing of four windows in a partially drawn bolted door. The graphite pencil is worked onto the surface of the paper so that the glass panes have a silvery reflection. The complete text printed at the top of the drawing reads, " Although the Meteorological Office has not yet released the forecast for September, it is not expected to be a cheerful one. " Part of a series of eight prints in collaboration with Jonathan Williams, "St Swithin's Swivet." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
An Obsolete Native of Dent..., 1996
Depicts a summer landscape through double windows and lists 19 words, several archaic or made-up, that describe the weather. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Arc d'Triomphe May 1968, 1968
The print depicts the Arc d'Triomphe as a shaped poem formed by collaged newsprint and calligraphic text. This Parisian structure is depicted facing the Avenue des Grandes Armees. The latter serves as a metaphor for part of an ejaculate from another of the print, viz., a penis shaped from collaged newsprint & calligraphic text that is a metaphor for the young revolutionaries in the May 1968 student led rebellion in France. Texts in the poem support the May 1968 action against the government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Ausonius, 1986
In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau d'Issan, 1986
In the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau Latour, 1986
In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau Malescot St. Exupery, 1986
Bright Patches, 1994
This is one of a series of 11 prints done in collaboration with Jonathan Williams that deal with the weather in Cumbria. This depicts a gloomy landscape from a window vantage showing grazing sheep. There are bright patches of red on backs of the Ewes indicating their owner as well as blue color on their backs. The ram's feet is placed into blue dye before they are put into the field with the Ewes so that farmers can tell when Ewes were serviced. In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
British Modernism, Fact or Fiction? - A Debate / Cobbing, Bob; Lucie-Smith, Edward; Finlay IH; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Fernbach-Flarscheim C; Cox K., 1971
Designated pamphlet seven. Although the title page of this publication announces a debate, the pages consist of photocopied reproductions of concrete poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Detail from Europa and Her Bull, 1966
This print is depicted on page 41 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Die Grenzen Verwischen Sich / Cobbing, Bob; Cobbing B; Houedard DS; Finlay IH; Morgan E; Furnival J; Mayer P; Chopin H; Mayer HJ., 1969
Eiffel Tower, May 1968
The layout and implications of this poem are similar to Arc d'Triomphe May 1968. Here the Eiffel tower formed by calligraphic text substitutes for Arc d'Triomphe and receives ejaculate from a penis shaped with calligraphic text, newspaper headlines and a collaged Albert-Birot print (Paridis). Text of the poem is a sympathetic response to the student rebellion in France during May 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Eiffel Tower, 1966
This print is depicted on page 43 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Eiffel Tower, 1966
Eiffel Tower, 1968
This depicts the Eiffel tower as a shaped poem. The text is drawn by Furnival in his unique calligraphic style. A major portion of the poem consists of repetitive printed words, e.g., down under, stale, etage, escalation, etc. On the left side cluste word "rain" are slanted downward over the tower to emulate Apollinaire's famous poem. The rain falls on a cluster of the word "people" assembled at the base of the tower. The poem was reprinted in 1994 and both versions are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Elephant Trapped in Trunk, 1967
This is a duplicate print from Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. It was probably drawn by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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