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Folder 39

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Manhattan / Furnival, John., 1973

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-54811-990241
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1973

65th Birthday / Furnival, John; Furnival, Astrid., 1998

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-29728-31105
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1998

Aliquotality / Furnival, John., 1973

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13316-13617
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1973

Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13320-13621
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1968

Mile Down The Nile / Furnival, John., 1974

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13330-13631
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1974

Eiffel Tower / Furnival, John., 1966

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-30366-31781
Scope and Contents

This print is depicted on page 43 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

36. In the Beginning / Furnival, John., 1965

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-34080-35760
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1965

Roman/Britain Road Sign / Moore, A. Doyle., 1974

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-06716-6835
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1974

Hommage a Mallarme, 1993

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13183-13484
Scope and Contents

Depicts title of Mallarme's poem, Un Coup de Des, along with images of dice. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Nailsworth 1-5 / Furnival, John., 1996

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13189-13490
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1996

[Letter to Ruth and Marvin (Sackner)] / Furnival, John., 1991

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13278-13579
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1991

Kalender / Furnival, John., 1975

 Item — Folder: 39
Identifier: CC-13298-13599
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1975