Folder 39
Contains 13 Results:
Manhattan / Furnival, John., 1973
The images of this print are depicted as a standing screen on pages 46-47 in Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1966
65th Birthday / Furnival, John; Furnival, Astrid., 1998
This print was made to celebrate John Furnival's 65th birthday. The print depicts each year of his life as a colored number in a chaotic arrangement with overlays. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Aliquotality / Furnival, John., 1973
Images consist of language towers, number tower, the Statue of Liberty, a cowboy and Uncle Sam dipping an Englishman into a pot of tea. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" on pages 58-59. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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.
Mile Down The Nile / Furnival, John., 1974
The work is divided in half horizontally with text phrases Eclipses, Night & Day, and the weathermen say. The title, Mile down the Nile, is drawn in large 3D capital letters at the bottom. Images include an eclipse and Egyptian newspaper clippings. -- 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.
36. In the Beginning / Furnival, John., 1965
The poster depicts a stylized phallus formed from letters with a center channel ejecting the biblical phrase "In the beginning was the word..." The number 36 in the title refers to Furnival's 36th birthday -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Roman/Britain Road Sign / Moore, A. Doyle., 1974
A bright red, triangular shape frames a black erect penis with scrotum. This print relates in layout to "The Erik Satie Road-sign, second version" made by Furnival and Moore, a print also held by the Sackner Archive. Because of the similarity, the Moore print is stored in with the Furnival prints in the flat files. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Hommage a Mallarme, 1993
Depicts title of Mallarme's poem, Un Coup de Des, along with images of dice. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Nailsworth 1-5 / Furnival, John., 1996
This is a panoramic view of a Nailsworth street scene reminiscent of the panoramic photographs taken by Kenneth Snelson. It constitutes five sections that butt against each other. It is stored in the Locative Vocative box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Letter to Ruth and Marvin (Sackner)] / Furnival, John., 1991
The letter has a large watercolor of the plant, Pulmonaria Officinalis - Lungwort dominating the left half recto of the letter. Furnival describes the reason for the name of this plant and also a visit to Russia and the Ukraine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Kalender / Furnival, John., 1975
This includes an image that is similar to a print also held by the Sackner Archive entitled "36. In the Beginning." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.