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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

 Person

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

36. In the Beginning / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-34080-35760
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1965

54-64 For Link, 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-61936-58833

Arlington Two , 1967

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-25650-26108
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was organized by the students of Bath Academy of Art to carry out projects proposed by their three teachers, Furnival, Finlay, and Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

British Modernism, Fact or Fiction? - A Debate / Cobbing, Bob; Lucie-Smith, Edward; Finlay IH; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Fernbach-Flarscheim C; Cox K., 1971

 Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
Identifier: CC-17781-18150
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1971

dozibao gin nunga gap , 1966

 Item — Folder 57: [Barcode: 31858072537917]
Identifier: CC-53328-59055
Scope and Contents

The poster is stored in the unfolded state. There is small cartoon incorporated into this typographical piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13320-13621
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1968

Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1966

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-30366-31781
Scope and Contents

This print is depicted on page 43 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

From Boomsday to Doosday..Attention Please, Attention If You Please Do Not Panic, 1980

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13259-13560
Scope and Contents

The theme of the poem deals with the Cold War and is depicted on page 64 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Gloup and Woup / Cobbing, Bob, editor; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Cox K; Mayer P; Cobbing B; Edmonds T., 1974

 Item — Box 391: [Barcode: 31858072461555]
Identifier: CC-19807-20194
Scope and Contents

GLOUP (GLOUcestershire grouP) signifies name given by Jonathan Williams to group of concrete poets living in the west of England, mainly in Gloustershire, including Dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenhelm Cox. WOUP (Westminster grOUP) is name given by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer to group of concrete poets living in London, mainly in the city of Westminster, including Cobbing, Mayer and Tom Edmonds. This anthology presents five works by each the poets. One copy has a yellow papercard cover, the other an orange one with a tear. Tom Edmonds who died at age 27 years was a member of the group; the Sackner Archive holds three of his typewriter drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP / Furnival, John., 1996

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-28593-29882
Scope and Contents

This print depicts a photographic portrait of Houedard along with the famous Haiku he translated from Bashu, "frog, pond, plop." It is depicted on page 140 of Furnival's book, "The Locative-Vocative Cases." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Manhattan / Furnival, John., 1973

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-54811-990241
Scope and Contents

The images of this print are depicted as a standing screen on pages 46-47 in Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Planet Saturn / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13302-13603
Scope and Contents

This black and white print has mathematical symbols, magic squares and words in which one or more of the stylized letters are printed in reverse, upside down. The central image depicts a 4 x 4 grid of numbers, letters and symbols. This is surrounded by a rectangular border of words, suggestive of Saturn's ring (?) that include "Yahweh, Demon, Sazel, Aziel, Spirit, Saturn, Planet." The words "Sazel and Aziel" are not listed in the dictionary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Polar Bear Poster Poem, 1965

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-12898-13189
Scope and Contents

In this poem, Furnival plays with permutations of bear, the personal pronouns, ours & nous (we in English from the French), and son using his distinctive calligraphic printed letterform style. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 56. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Seventy Seventies for Eugen Gomringer / Furnival, John., 1993

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13174-13475
Scope and Contents

Depicts the number "70" seventy times with different typefaces and sizes and overlays as homage to Gomringer's 70th birthday. In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Eiffel Tower, 1995

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13314-13615
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint on different paper (Arches 88) of the same print from the sixties -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Fall of the Tower of Babel, 1995

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13290-13591
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint on different paper (Arches 88) of the same print of the sixties. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995