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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

36. In the Beginning, 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
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / John Furnival

Aliquotality, 1973

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13316-13617
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1973
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / John Furnival

Kalender, 1975

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13298-13599
Scope and Contents

This includes an image that is similar to a print also held by the Sackner Archive entitled "36. In the Beginning." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / John Furnival

Sixty Sixties for Tom, 1997

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-28464-29734
Scope and Contents

Image consists of the sixty red number '60's' with varied dimensions placed in a vertical rectangular space with some of the numbers overlapping. It was done n celebration of Tom Phillips' 60th birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / John Furnival

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