Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Flight from America, 1965
John Furnival designed the front and back covers with a concrete poetic theme. This book is stored in Furnival's box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure , 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. Stored in Odds & Sods. The duplicate print is matted. Another copy listed seperately was signed by Furnival. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure , 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has three other unsigned copies of this print. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure, 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has two other unsigned copies of this print; this is the only copy that is folded. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Dawn of the Age of Leisure / Furnival, John., 1975
The completed text reads, "Wych Countree has the Elm Disease?" The outlines of world-wide countries are flying around a sky with a setting sun as if they were leaves. Four human figures are drawn encased in grids. The Archive has three other unsigned copies of this print. This print is depicted in Furnival's "Lost For Words" (2011) page 61. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Only Good Luddite Is a Dead Luddite , 1963
Luddites were bands of workers in England (1811-1816) organized to destroy machinery under the belief that its use diminished employment. Ned Luddite, an 18th century Leicestershire worker originated the idea. Furnival depicts a man's body flattened by a Rube Goldberg like machine with numbers streaming from upper pipes of the machine. Stored in Odds & Sods. Depictd in Furnival's "Lost for Words" (2011 page 138. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.