Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 426 Collections and/or Records:
Verbal Hothouse: Symbols to Stories / Drucker J ; Brown B ; Genin A ; Robinson BL ; Hutchins E ; Seille G ; Jess ; Badura M ; Barron S ; Phillips T ; Kriwet F ; Jackman S ; Kolar J ; Cortot J ; Guerryam A ; Hartmann W ; Isou I ; Rose P ; Furnival J ; Hubaut J ; Horndeski G., 1994
This exhibition was curated by Kate Rawlinson and Wallace Harper with works from the Sackner Archive. It was structured into four groups of visual/verbal works: ideograms, alphabets, words and stories. Drucker provided an outstanding introductory critical essay to the works in the exhibition despite being able to work with photographic reproductions only. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Via Delorosa and Letter to John Bennett] / Furnival, John; Chopin H; Weaver M; Morgan E; Cameron C., 1964
The letter on the verso of this photograph indicates that two of Chopin's items can be discounted. Also, Furnival mentions that Mike Weaver was upset with Edwin Morgan for not giving him more credit for his "image" article in a talk that he gave. The photograph depicts a constructivist drawing by Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[View of Woodchester] / Furnival, John., 1978
View of Woodchester from a hilltop. There is a partial drawing of a figure on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Visual Poetries / Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Furnival J ; Brett G ; Medalla D., 1971
The cover depicts a detail of a portrait of Houedard by John Furnival. The exhibition catalogue lists 50 works by Houedard including eight plastic laminate poems. The introductory essay was written by Guy Brett. There are also extracts from Houedard's writings and a letter to David Medalla printed in the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
W ort, 1982
The drawing on an blind intaglio print of a labyrinth was taken from Furnival's illustrated book, "Blind Date." The text at the bottom of this six sided drawing reads "Das War Der In Mitte W ort." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Watts Chapel / Furnival, John., 1970
The Watts Chapel is one of the few surviving monuments to the Arts and Crafts Movement and was designed in 1896 by Mary Watts. John Furnival made five drawings of the interior and one is reproduced here. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
We're dreaming of a white... / Furnival, John; Furnival, Astrid., 1997
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: D is for Dog..., 1997
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: F is for Fiddles and G is for Garden... , 1997
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: H is for Hedges... , 1997
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: Q is for Question - U is for Union Uncertainty / Furnival, John., 1999
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: Q is for Question - V is for Venus Violet and Oak Voices of Scorn / Furnival, John., 1999
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: T Is for Time... / Furnival, John., 1996
Consists of two columns of poetic expressions beginning with the letter T or the word T. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: U is for Union... , 1997
W.H. Davies Nailsworth Series: V is for Venus, 1996
Consists of four expressions beginning with the letter, V. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Windmills Enter Arms Race / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Willcocks, Jonathan; Furnival J., 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.
Woful Dane Bottom / Furnival, John., 1993
This is one of a series of prints dealing with the English town of Nailsworth and its environs where the Welsh poet W.H. Davies spent the last years of his life. The collaged addition is a map of the area. Stored in the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Wonders of Obligation / Fisher, Roy ; Furnival, John., 1979
Stored in Furnival box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
World Wall One Documents 1981-1987 / Furnival, John; Rypson P; Phillips T; CrackerJackKid; Melnicove M; Sackner DR; Baroni V; Spector B; Olbrich JO; Toth G; Pittore-Eurofico C; Random S; Hundertmark A; Scott M; Cheek C; McAlpine B., 1988
This consists of letters, cards and messages on scraps of paper from the participants who sent rocks to Furnival's wall project. Furnival mounted most of them on cardboard backings. The rock wall was erected at the Furnival's house in Stroud. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
World Wall One - Miami Beach , 2014
The Sackners contributed the coral rock to John Furnival's stone wall collection in his home garden in Stroud. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Concrete poetry 111
- 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 9
- 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
- Sound poetry 5
- Correspondence art 4
- Exhibitions 4
- Map 4
- Mathematical poetry 4
- Neo-Dada 4
- Repetitious text 4
- Text over text 4
- Abstract markings 3
- Anagram 3
- Artist book (citation) 3
- Constellation 3
- Conventional non-fiction 3
- Neologism 3
- Reversal poem 3
- Semiotic 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
- Collage Art 1
- Conceptual art 1
- Conceptual text 1
- Cubism 1
- Dada 1
- Diagram 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