ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

This drawing is a page from the scrapbook of John Furnival. It contains Lettrist statements, handwriting, abstract drawings and a cartoon-like figure speaking an unkown language in a bubble.The verso has other artifacts from the Furnival scrapbook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Although it is unlikely that Chwast was aware of the Dante paintings of Paul Laffoley, there is a similarity in the tondo drawing and the cartoon-like quality of the figures in the descent through the ten circles to purgatory, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy has 16 less drawings (one to a page) than the other copy held by the Sackner Archive even though there is no designation that they are different editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy has 16 more drawings (one to a page) than the other copy held by the Sackner Archive even though there is no designation that they are different editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The alphabetical letter pictures are 26 photographic sites listed on the inside cover onto which the letters are positioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the annual Christmas card. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.