Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Found in 18 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.
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, 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.
Gloup and Woup / Cobbing, Bob, editor; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Cox K; Mayer P; Cobbing B; Edmonds T., 1974
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP, 1996
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.
Manhattan, 1973
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.
Planet Saturn, 1968
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.
Seventy Seventies for Eugen Gomringer, 1993
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.
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: Q is for Question - U is for Union Uncertainty, 1999
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: Q is for Question - V is for Venus Violet and Oak Voices of Scorn, 1999
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: T Is for Time..., 1996
Consists of two columns of poetic expressions beginning with the letter T or the word T. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Windmills Enter Arms Race, 1967
This is a varient copy of a print with the same title in Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The overlaid text in this print as well as the colors differ from the print in the portfolio. The finished print has words printed in blue and bluish-purple and the varient copy is printed in green and light blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
