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Furnival, Astrid, 1940-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1940

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

A TV Dante 2nd Series No.4 / Phillips, Tom; Furnival A; Ackerman M; Ackerman D; Sackner MA., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-54368-643252
Scope and Contents

Titled Dante in Winggield, Phillips writes that Astrid Furnival " has knitted me a new Dante sweater from the olive oil label etc." An actual label is collaged on the right side of this page next to a tag for Dante yarn. The newsprint is an advertisement of Dante's Inferno which is described "in the Sunday Times as stupendous, breathtakingly sumptous...epic...impressive limited de-lux edition took seven years to make." The handwritten dairy continues the tale of progress with a TV Dante. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

A TV Dante 2nd Series No.7 / Phillips, Tom; Furnival A., 1985

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Identifier: CC-54371-643255
Scope and Contents

Titled "Dante in Rotterdam" the upper left corner contains a map of Holland. At the bottom center is a photograph of Phillips wearing his Dante sweater knitted by Astrid Furnival at Angela Flowers Gallery celebrating the publication of Dante's Inferno by Thames and Hudson. In the center section there is an ink sketch for the Quimerexhibition catalogues. The top right contains an invitation to Phillips' lecture "Dante: From Folio to Video" at the Byam Shaw school of Art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

A TV Dante 2nd Series No.22 / Phillips, Tom; Phillips L; Furnival A; Furnival J., 1986

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Identifier: CC-54390-989907
Scope and Contents

This collage is titled "Welcome Back to A TV Dante." There is a collaged parking ticket on the left side of the page from Dante Rd that Phillips writes he had sought for years . Astrid or John Furnival provided him with the photographs of L'Inferno restaurant on the bottom left and Leo Phillips took the photograph of the Thames & Hudson Dante in the window of Zwemmer's book store. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Astrid lands in England - Special Delivery Sept '58 halley typestract - dsh / Furnival, John; Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Furnival A., 1998

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Identifier: CC-29505-30870
Scope and Contents

Image is a contemporaneous photograph of Astrid Furnival in 1958 with a reproduced typewriter poem by Houedard in its right upper corner, Halley [Halley's Comet]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Bass Offers the Latest Word from the Sackners / Kohen, Helen L.; Phillips T; Furnival J; Furnival A; Noel A; Houedard DS; Edmonds T; Kindersley D; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 1988

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Identifier: CC-07990-8146
Scope and Contents

This is an exhibition review of British Art from the Sackner Archive held at the Bass museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Be Fruitful and Multiply / Astrid Furnival., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12235-12459
Scope and Contents

The imagery in this knitted sweater relates to fruit, including the one arm bandit, gambling or fruit machines, a big apple, and a "Be Fruitful..." text. The colors have their basis in the brightness of Southwestern United States where Furnival knitted this piece at Roswell Institute, New Mexico, during an artistic sabbatical. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Breath by Samuel Beckett / Astrid Furnival., 1991

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Identifier: CC-10766-10976
Scope and Contents

This sweater was commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The text on the sweater, is knitted in shades of indigo blue to indicate the rise and fall of light on the stage during the performance of the minimalist play by Samuel Beckett entitled "Breath." The performance consists of slowly inhaling and exhaling a single breath. The text of the play provides stage and lighting directions as the visual associations for this breath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[Dear Ruth and Marvin] / John Furnival; A Furnival., 2006

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Identifier: CC-46232-48950
Scope and Contents

This letter to the Sackners is handwritten in a circle on the back of a round cardboard advertising French Camembert cheese. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

[Dear Ruth and Marvin] / John Furnival; A Furnival., 2006

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Identifier: CC-46232-48950
Scope and Contents

This letter to the Sackners is handwritten in a circle on the back of a round cardboard advertising French Camembert cheese. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Dorothy / Furnival, John, editor ; Bailey P ; Albert-Birot P ; Cox K ; Furnival A ; Furnival J ; Houedard DS ; Kostelanetz R ; Phillips T., 1979

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Identifier: CC-12234-12458
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was printed for a group exhibition organized by Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Dorothy's Umbrellas / Furnival, John, editor ; Bailey P ; Furnival A ; Furnival J ; Houedard DS ; Meyer T ; Phillips T ; Davies H., 1971

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Identifier: CC-36214-38001
Scope and Contents

This group exhibition was held at Nottingham Testival, Bristol Arts Centre and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tom Phillips contributed "The Singing Mushroom: Poem for John Cage" and a page from "A Humument" both of which are reproduced in color in the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Dorothy's Umbrellas / Furnival, John, editor ; Bailey P ; Furnival A ; Furnival J ; Houedard DS ; Meyer T ; Phillips T ; Davies H., 1971

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Identifier: CC-13137-13434
Scope and Contents

This group exhibition was held at Nottingham Testival, Bristol Arts Centre and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tom Phillips contributed "The Singing Mushroom: Poem for John Cage" and a page from "A Humument" both of which are reproduced in color in the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Erik Satie / Furnival, John, editor ; Hodges, Stuart, editor ; Birch, Gary, editor ; Bailey P ; Breakwell I ; Christie J ; Clark TA ; Furnival A ; Williams J ; Furnival J ; Johnson R ; King R ; Phillips T ; Meyer T., 1976

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Identifier: CC-12229-12453
Scope and Contents

This folder is a tribute to Erik Satie, along with an exhibition and concert on the 25th anniversary of his death. Tom Phillips and Ron King contributed the colored prints in addition to the black and white versions also in this folder. The Phillips print is a page of A Humument. There were 50 copies of a signed edtion with handcolored prints by Phillips and King and 30 artist proofs with handcolored prints by Phillips and King in this edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Erik Satie / John Furnival, editor ; Stuart Hodges, editor ; Gary Birch, editor ; Atkinson D ; Bailey P ; Breakwell I ; Christie J ; Clark TA ; Furnival A ; Furnival J ; Williams J ; Johnson R ; King R ; Phillips T ; Meyer T ; Satie E., 1976

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Identifier: CC-12228-12452
Scope and Contents

This folder is a tribute to Erik Satie, along with an exhibition and concert on the 25th anniversary of his death. This edition contains prints by Tom Phillips and Ron King in black and white. There were 50 copies of a signed edition with handcolored prints by Phillips and King and 30 artist proofs with handcolored prints by Phillips and King in this edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Happy Yuletide / Furnival, John; Furnival, Astrid., 1980

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Identifier: CC-12709-12956
Scope and Contents

The image on the verso is a poem in the shape of a Christmas tree by ee cummings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Indicatif II [Varient Copy] / Furnival, John; Chopin, Henri; Furnival, Astrid., 1970

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Identifier: CC-13142-13440
Scope and Contents

This unique varient copy has the same typewriter poem prints and reel to reel tape by Chopin as the original edition, but the Furnival prints differ and this copy has an embroidered flag by Astrid Furnival that was shown in the "Dorothy" exhibition at Bear Lane Gallery in 1966. Finally, although the boxes are the same, the covers have different collaged elements. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

La Reine Astrid / Furnival, John; Furnival, Astrid., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35336-37070
Scope and Contents

This is an invitation to Astrid Furnival's 60th birthday party designed by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Lady Midnight / John Furnival; Astrid Furnival., 1991

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Identifier: CC-10738-10947
Scope and Contents

This sculpture serves as a support for Astrid Furnival's knitted sweater "Un Coup de Des." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Lady Midnight / John Furnival; Astrid Furnival., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10738-10947
Scope and Contents

This sculpture serves as a support for Astrid Furnival's knitted sweater "Un Coup de Des." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

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Documentation 17
Visual art 9
Visual poetry 7
Concrete poetry 6
Picture poetry 4