Bright Patches / Furnival, John., 1994
Scope and Contents
This is one of a series of 11 prints done in collaboration with Jonathan Williams that deal with the weather in Cumbria. This depicts a gloomy landscape from a window vantage showing grazing sheep. There are bright patches of red on backs of the Ewes indicating their owner as well as blue color on their backs. The ram's feet is placed into blue dye before they are put into the field with the Ewes so that farmers can tell when Ewes were serviced. In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1994
Creator
- Furnival, John, 1933- (Person)
- Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 print (lithograph)) ; 66 x 57 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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: Gloucester, England : Openings Press. Signed by: John Furnival (l.r.), Jonathan Williams (back- l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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