Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
St. Swithin's Swivet, 1997
The print depicts an image of a sheep and lamb. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Subject to a Complex Depression, 1995
Depicts a sheep peering through a window with the fields in the background; according to a letter from Furnival, this print is a companion to Bright Patches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Chase, 1997
Each of the 21 poems in this print have a repetition of a word or beginning letter of a word in each of their lines, e.g., The Evening Star - The Example, The Excuse; The Trick, The Truth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure, 1975
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.
The Erik Satie Road-Sign, second version, 1974
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.
The Watts Memorial Chapel-Compton-Surrey first Published in The Architectural Review, 1961, 1998
This is a reprinting of the first commercial print that Furnival made after his graduation from the Royal Academy of Art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Tower of Pisa, 1965
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.
Un Noyer peut en cacher un autre!, 1997
The print depicts a drawing of a tree barren of leaves with a single bird's nest, presumably in the Furnival's house in southern France. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: Q is for Question - U is for Union Uncertainty, 1999
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: Q is for Question - V is for Venus Violet and Oak Voices of Scorn, 1999
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: T Is for Time..., 1996
Consists of two columns of poetic expressions beginning with the letter T or the word T. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Windmills Enter Arms Race, 1967
This is a varient copy of a print with the same title in Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The overlaid text in this print as well as the colors differ from the print in the portfolio. The finished print has words printed in blue and bluish-purple and the varient copy is printed in green and light blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Zeus, 1968
The translucent print is a diagram of Mythologic names with Zeus at the center of the chart. This overlays the print on papercard that depicts Zeus within a large "Y" (why?) shaped background preparing to hurl a spear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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- Colored text 2
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- Architecture 1
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