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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

 Person

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

[Aliquotality], 1973

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13200-13501
Scope and Contents

Depicts six word and image columns that include the Statue of Liberty, a cowboy, numbered cubes and aphorisms. 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 / Furnival, John., 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

Eiffel Tower May 1968 / Furnival, John., 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: 1968

Hommage a Mallarme, 1993

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13183-13484
Scope and Contents

Depicts title of Mallarme's poem, Un Coup de Des, along with images of dice. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Kalender / Furnival, John., 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

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

Mile Down The Nile / Furnival, John., 1974

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13330-13631
Scope and Contents

The work is divided in half horizontally with text phrases Eclipses, Night & Day, and the weathermen say. The title, Mile down the Nile, is drawn in large 3D capital letters at the bottom. Images include an eclipse and Egyptian newspaper clippings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Regional News, 1978

 Item — Folder 78: [Barcode: 31858072538378]
Identifier: CC-13262-13563
Scope and Contents

The drawing is dominated by the listing of four silkscreened words listed from top to bottom, viz., Norther, Easter, Wester and Souther. Wide colored lines in a meandering fashion like unwound, tangled tape from a casette cross, encircle and go under the four directional words. The caption below these words reads, Regional News: one line the shortest distance between two points bing the prettiest. On the right side, Furnival draws in graphite, Paris c'est beauborg n'est pastiche. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

[Saturn J Mar] / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13301-13602
Scope and Contents

The print on translucent paper lists a circular stream of words, printed in different colors, that relate to celestial bodies. These float over the second print that depicts a large silver globe with latitude and longitude lines. Disintegrating silver capital "V's and other letterforms on the outer border of the globe provide an visual effect that it is spinning. The printing on this work is unusually sophisticated and might have been done in collaboration with A. Doyle Moore, a master printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Corridors of Flower-Power, 1969

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13313-13614
Scope and Contents

Depicts three visual poetic word columns. The Archive also holds this print backed on museum board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The Corridors of Flower-Power, 1969

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13317-13618
Scope and Contents

Depicts three visual poetic word columns and several circles with optical effects from interlacing short lines. This print is depicted on page 44 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

The Dawn of the Age of Leisure , 1975

 Item — Folder 59: [Barcode: 31858072537933]
Identifier: CC-13309-13610
Scope and Contents

The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. Stored in Odds & Sods. The duplicate print is matted. Another copy listed seperately was signed by Furnival. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Dawn of the Age of Leisure , 1975

 Item — Folder 59: [Barcode: 31858072537933]
Identifier: CC-13310-13611
Scope and Contents

The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has three other unsigned copies of this print. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Dawn of the Age of Leisure, 1975

 Item — Folder 59: [Barcode: 31858072537933]
Identifier: CC-34082-35762
Scope and Contents

The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has two other unsigned copies of this print; this is the only copy that is folded. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Dawn of the Age of Leisure / Furnival, John., 1975

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-54727-990161
Scope and Contents

The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has three other unsigned copies of this print. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Erik Satie Road-Sign, second version / Furnival, John; Moore, A. Doyle., 1974

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13300-13601
Scope and Contents

A red, triangular road sign in printed over two staves of music by Satie with the expression "Le colonel est la!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

The Only Good Luddite Is a Dead Luddite , 1963

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-13229-13530
Scope and Contents

Luddites were bands of workers in England (1811-1816) organized to destroy machinery under the belief that its use diminished employment. Ned Luddite, an 18th century Leicestershire worker originated the idea. Furnival depicts a man's body flattened by a Rube Goldberg like machine with numbers streaming from upper pipes of the machine. Stored in Odds & Sods. Depictd in Furnival's "Lost for Words" (2011 page 138. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Tower of Pisa, 1995

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-54728-990162
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. The print is silkscreened onto Arches 88 paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Tower of Pisa , 1965

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-54809-420239
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 unsigned print is depicted in black on page 36 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965