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Farrell, Simon

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ampersands, 1968

 Item — Folder 13: [Barcode: 31858069877920]
Identifier: CC-22038-22454
Scope and Contents

Design by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Ampersands Ambersands / Farrell, Simon; Bann, Stephen; Furnival, John; Furnival J., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-12383-12609
Scope and Contents Printed by John Furnival as a single or as two copies, probably trial proofs, and never realized as an edition. Ten prints comprise an identical grid of 64 different ampersands in different colors on different colored paper stock and weights. There are 2 copies of the title page. In 6 prints, a grid of 31 x 32 ampersands is manipulated from a rectangular to an overprinted optical image. Three grids of 64 ampersands are identical. The Sackner copy is the most complete copy of this work. In Ceolfrith 14, Furnival's exhibition catalogue 1971, the work is mentioned by Bann and interpeted by Furnival as an incomplete folder. Getty Research Institute, the only other collection with this work indicated that the prints consist of dense rows of ampersands in a variety of styles, printed and overprinted. Their copy is dated 1969 snd contains 6 prints.. A version called "Amber sands" was constructed in wood by Kenelm Cox for the Brighton Festival, 1967. Cf. Concrete poetry -- Source of...
Dates: 1969

Arlington 2 / Farrell S ; Lord S ; Stevenson A ; Willcocks J., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-47843-68864
Scope and Contents

This is the catalogue for a show mounted by students at the Bath Academy of Art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

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