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The Spirit Is Breathing / John Furnival., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10775-10985

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Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. This screen of three hinged panels and a moveable panel of the letter "A" with recto-verso imagery is written in several languages with text alluding to the title. The five vowel sounds, especially the "A" are incorporated as major features of the design because vowels are the "only letters in the alphabet that represent sound made by breathing alone." The "A" is made prominent because it symbolizes creation. This standing screen is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) on page 83. However, it is mislabeled as "Vowel Screen" (1986). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1991

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 standing screen (wood, gesso, ink, handwriting)) ; 117 x 102 x 151 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

1st bedroom

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Stroud, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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