Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:
dozibao gin nunga gap , 1966
The poster is stored in the unfolded state. There is small cartoon incorporated into this typographical piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Egg Series: Forty-nine Ways of Hatching a Cosmic Egg, 1975
Consists of drawings of the same egg shell in a grid seven by seven. Each egg is formed with "hatched" lines done in a different way, e.g., horizontal, vertical, horizontal slanted, combination of slanted horizontal over slanted vertical, etc. The method of drawing egg shells with hatchings accounts for the title. These hatching styles are reminiscent of the wall drawings by Sol LeWitt.drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 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.
Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 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 / Furnival, John., 1966
Eiffel Tower May 1968 / Furnival, John., 1968
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.
Flight from America, 1965
John Furnival designed the front and back covers with a concrete poetic theme. This book is stored in Furnival's box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Following the Footsteps of Nature / Furnival, John., 1987
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.
From Boomsday to Doosday..Attention Please, Attention If You Please Do Not Panic, 1980
The theme of the poem deals with the Cold War and is depicted on page 64 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- 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.
Hommage a Mallarme, 1993
Depicts title of Mallarme's poem, Un Coup de Des, along with images of dice. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
'Joy Through Strength' Say Teapots / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1967
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.
Kabbalah / Furnival, John., 1968
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.
Kalender / Furnival, John., 1975
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.
[Letter to Ruth and Marvin (Sackner)] / Furnival, John., 1991
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.
Letters to the Great Dead: Dom Sylvester Houedard 1924-92 RIP / Furnival, John., 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 / Furnival, John., 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.
Mile Down The Nile / Furnival, John., 1974
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.
Nailsworth 1-5 / Furnival, John., 1996
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.
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