Furnival, John, 1933-
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 425 Collections and/or Records:
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 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.
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
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.
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
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.
Eurovispo - 73 / Anonymous ; Houedard DS ; Furnival J ; Cinicolo-3 D ; Mayer HJ., 1973
This catalogue in an edition of 100 consists of 75 copies with biographical information and 25 copies with biographical information plus photographic reproductions of the artists. Houedard provided autobiographical details and prices for his typewriter poems. Stored in Houedard box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Exhibition First of Its Kind in City / W., V.; Houedard DS; Furnival J., 1965
This review is related to the Nottingham Midland Group of Artists exhibition which included several British concrete poets. The catalog is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Exhibition of Contemporary Concrete Poetry / Finlay IH ; Furnival J ; Parmiggiani C ; Bertini G ; Bory JF ; Blaine J ; Garnier P ; Dohl R ; Gerz J ; Mayer HJ ; Arias-Misson A ; Williams E ; Solt ME ; Niikuni S ; Takahashi S ; Yoshizawa S ; Ishii Y., 1970
Fearless Fred / Furnival, John., 1970
This print is one of two printed on papercard, the other is printed on translucent paper. The image is a pentagram with text, lines and semiotic symbols within it. The text deals with an announcer's comment on the performance of the horse, Fearless F in steeplechase racing. The lines suggest the route of the race. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Fearless Fred / Furnival, John., 1970
This print is one of two printed on translucent paper, the other is printed on papercard. The image is a pentagram with text, lines and semiotic symbols within it. The text deals with an announcer's comment on the performance of the horse, Fearless F in steeplechase racing. The lines suggest the route of the race. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
FEB - XIV / NIX - GAY / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Furnival J., 1959
A notation on the lower right corner reads "February 14 - Nix Gay / Valentine (for John Furnival project)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Festival de Fort Boyard / Henri Chopin, curator ; Gianni Bertini ; Bertini G ; Blaine J ; Chopin H ; Wolman G ; Furnival J ; Rotella M ; Houedard DS ; Dufrene F ; Hains R ; Villa E ; Kitasono K ; DeVree P ; Niikuni S ; Finlay IH., 1967
The larger format edition (tirage 20) that consists of prints by Chopin and Berini is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Festival de Fort Boyard / Henri Chopin, curator ; Gianni Bertini, curator ; Blaine J ; Chopin H ; Wolman G ; Furnival J ; Rotella M ; Houedard DS ; Dufrene F ; Hains R ; Villa E ; Kitasono K ; DeVree P ; Niikuni S ; Finlay IH., 1967
The larger format edition (tirage 20 copies) that consists of prints by Chopin and Berini is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Fifty-one Towers of Babel Documentation] / Furnival, John., 1984
This consists of the documentation for Furnival's standing screen that was commissioned by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Fifty-One Towers of Babel / John Furnival., 1984
Furnival reproduced lessons from 51 language grammers as drawings in that language and arranged them in vertical fashions. He also included such signs as cattle brands and petroglyphs reflecting the far West influence on him during a year's sabbatical in New Mexico where this screen was executed. He recounted to the Sackners on the number of hours spent on this work - 1250 hours! This screen is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) pages 50-51. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
First Day Covers / Furnival J ; Joseph P ; Lijn L ; Phillips T., 1980
Auction catalog. -- 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.
[Flying Cowboy] / Furnival, John., 1958
Depicts a horizontally stretched figure seemingly flying into a barrel with arms outstretched and gun pointed. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Flying Cowboy] / Furnival, John., 1980
A cowboy on the right side of the drawing with his arm around a woman's shoulder, floating over the shape of a buffalo, reaches out his gun to a man in a Michaelangelo pose who touches the gun with his finger. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- 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.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Concrete poetry 110
- Visual art 78
- Visual poetry 71
- Picture poetry 67
- Documentation 55
- Calligraphic text 23
- Shaped poetry 20
- Letter picture 18
- Conventional poetry 17
- Minimalist poetry 17
- Alphabetical text 15
- Critical text 13
- Found poetry 13
- Typewriter poetry 12
- Colored text 11
- Visual/verbal 11
- Artist book 10
- Political poetry 10
- Portrait 9
- Fragmented text 8
- Labyrinth 8
- Permutation 8
- Aphorism 6
- Exhibition review 6
- Typewriter art 6
- Conventional fiction 5
- Optical image 5
- Reference text 5
- Text over text 5
- Conventional non-fiction 4
- Correspondence art 4
- Map 4
- Mathematical poetry 4
- Neo-Dada 4
- Repetitious text 4
- Abstract markings 3
- Anagram 3
- Artist book (citation) 3
- Constellation 3
- Neologism 3
- Reversal poem 3
- Semiotic poetry 3
- Sound poetry 3
- Typography 3
- Architecture 2
- Bibliography 2
- Biography 2
- Constructivism 2
- Emblem poetry 2
- Illustrated book 2
- Manifesto 2
- Music score 2
- Artist book (mass produced) 1
- Bath Academy of Art -- Students 1
- Bauhaus 1
- Book review 1
- Cartoon 1
- Conceptual art 1
- Conceptual text 1
- Cubism 1
- Dada 1
- Diagram 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Fluxus 1
- Futurism 1
- Game 1
- Ideogram 1
- Illustrated book (citation) 1
- Illustrated book (limited edition) 1
- Kabbalah 1
- Minimal art 1
- Mirror writing 1
- Pop-up 1
- Prints 1
- Punctuation poem 1
- Surrealism 1 + ∧ less