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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

 Person

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Following the Footsteps of Nature, 1987

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13258-13559
Scope and Contents

This line drawing depicts a labyrinth from a horizontal-vertical aspect with a central figure of Mother Nature followed by a man, dressed in a robe, who holds a lantern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

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

'Joy Through Strength' Say Teapots, 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12402-12628
Scope and Contents

This poem is included in Finlay's Headlines:Eavelines but this drawing has a totally different layout than the print included in the portfolio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Kabbalah, 1968

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13311-13612
Scope and Contents

Each of four quadrants of the translucent print are handwritten explanations of Kabbalah. This overlies the second print which consists of three vertical color fields, the outer two are gilded and the center is a muted gold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

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

[Letter to Ruth and Marvin (Sackner)], 1991

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13278-13579
Scope and Contents

The letter has a large watercolor of the plant, Pulmonaria Officinalis - Lungwort dominating the left half recto of the letter. Furnival describes the reason for the name of this plant and also a visit to Russia and the Ukraine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP, 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, 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, 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

Nailsworth 1-5, 1996

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
Identifier: CC-13189-13490
Scope and Contents

This is a panoramic view of a Nailsworth street scene reminiscent of the panoramic photographs taken by Kenneth Snelson. It constitutes five sections that butt against each other. It is stored in the Locative Vocative box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Nailsworth Series: A is for Artist..., 1994

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13186-13487
Scope and Contents

This is part of the Nailsworth series of prints and consists of a listing of phrases beginning with the letter "A." In a letter to the Sackners, Furnival indicates that he intends to do the entire alphabet in this format. The print is stored in the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Notions and Notations / Cobbing, Bob; Furnival J; Houedard DS; Cox K; Claire K; Claire P; Williams E., 1979

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-17596-17963
Scope and Contents

Cobbing concludes in this essay, visual (concrete) poetry can be heard, smelt, has colours, vibrations whereas sound poetry dances, tastes, has shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Planet Saturn, 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

Poem/Print No.11 (trial version), 1969

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12912-13204
Scope and Contents

This depicts an image of Xmas Star, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xmas Star printed in red, the remainder of the image is printed in black. In this unique version, the image is printed on much heavier stock paper than the original print. The inscription on verso reads, reprint from the Wild Hawthorn Press April 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Poem/Print No.11 [Xmas Star], 1969

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12910-13202
Scope and Contents

This is an image of Xmas Star, a fishing boat, with a listing of its Port Letters, Fishing Numbers, Radio Call Sign, Net Tonnage, and Gross Tonnage. With the exception of the name Xnas Star printed in red, the remainder of the image is printed in black. Printed at the lower right is "Wild Hawthorne Press April 1969. The Sackner Archive holds a smaller version of this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Quack Cures Pond, 1998

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-30257-31661
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of a print from the portfolio, "Evelines, Headlines," done in collaboration with Furnival's first group of students and Ian Hamilton Finlay. According to Furnival, the portfolio sprang from a drawing that his daughter did of The Flying Scotsman - literally a Scotsman in a kilt with angel's wings. With respect to this poem, it might be a take-off on Basho's famous poem, Frog Pond Plop. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

[Saturn J Mar], 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

Seventy Seventies for Eugen Gomringer, 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

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