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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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

Arc d'Triomphe May 1968, 1968

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13318-13619
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1968

Detail from Europa and Her Bull, 1966

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-54810-990240
Scope and Contents

This print is depicted on page 41 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Eiffel Tower, May 1968

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13319-13620
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: May 1968

Eiffel Tower, 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

Eiffel Tower, 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

Elephant Trapped in Trunk, 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12404-12630
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1967

Tower of Pisa, 1965

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13331-13632
Scope and Contents

The poem is formed by dense clusters of words and letters except for the arches that are formed by lines to provide the shape and tilt of the Tower of Pisa. The subject matter deals in part with nations who have held the tower during its existence, e.g., France, Germany, and Italy. This print is depicted in red in one image and black in another image on page 36 og Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). The Sackner copy is printed in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

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