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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-05-29-

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
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

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

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
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], 1973

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13200-13501
Scope and Contents

Depicts six word and image columns that include the Statue of Liberty, a cowboy, numbered cubes and aphorisms. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" on pages 58-59. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Aliquotality / Furnival, John., 1973

 Item — Folder 39: [Barcode: 31858072459997]
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

[Although the Meteorological] / Furnival, John., 1997

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-28539-29821
Scope and Contents

A drawing of four windows in a partially drawn bolted door. The graphite pencil is worked onto the surface of the paper so that the glass panes have a silvery reflection. The complete text printed at the top of the drawing reads, " Although the Meteorological Office has not yet released the forecast for September, it is not expected to be a cheerful one. " Part of a series of eight prints in collaboration with Jonathan Williams, "St Swithin's Swivet." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

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

An Obsolete Native of Dent... / Furnival, John., 1996

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13337-13638
Scope and Contents

Depicts a summer landscape through double windows and lists 19 words, several archaic or made-up, that describe the weather. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Arc d'Triomphe May 1968 / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13318-13619
Scope and Contents

The print depicts the Arc d'Triomphe as a shaped poem formed by collaged newsprint and calligraphic text. This Parisian structure is depicted facing the Avenue des Grandes Armees. The latter serves as a metaphor for part of an ejaculate from another of the print, viz., a penis shaped from collaged newsprint & calligraphic text that is a metaphor for the young revolutionaries in the May 1968 student led rebellion in France. Texts in the poem support the May 1968 action against the government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Arlington Two , 1967

 Item — Folder 63: [Barcode: 31858072537974]
Identifier: CC-25650-26108
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was organized by the students of Bath Academy of Art to carry out projects proposed by their three teachers, Furnival, Finlay, and Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Bordeaux Vineyard: Ausonius / Furnival, John., 1986

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13175-13476
Scope and Contents

In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau d'Issan / Furnival, John., 1986

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13178-13479
Scope and Contents

In the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau Latour / Furnival, John., 1986

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13176-13477
Scope and Contents

In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Bright Patches / Furnival, John., 1994

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-13169-13470
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: 1994

Claude Has Come into the Garden, 1974

 Item — Folder 58: [Barcode: 31858072537925]
Identifier: CC-13292-13593
Scope and Contents

Depicts a drawing of Claude Debussy standing at the front of a labyrinth, with architectural renderings at the left, parts of Debussy's music in the clouds, and a bat in storm clouds at the top right. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

dozibao gin nunga gap , 1966

 Item — Folder 57: [Barcode: 31858072537917]
Identifier: CC-53328-59055
Scope and Contents

The poster is stored in the unfolded state. There is small cartoon incorporated into this typographical piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Egg Series: Forty-nine Ways of Hatching a Cosmic Egg, 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-13286-13587
Scope and Contents

Consists of drawings of the same egg shell in a grid seven by seven. Each egg is formed with "hatched" lines done in a different way, e.g., horizontal, vertical, horizontal slanted, combination of slanted horizontal over slanted vertical, etc. The method of drawing egg shells with hatchings accounts for the title. These hatching styles are reminiscent of the wall drawings by Sol LeWitt.drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975