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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

(&) It Is A Song / Hollo, Anselm ; Furnival, John., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-45243-47428
Scope and Contents

John Furnival provided the illustrations to Hollo's poems and designed the cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Lady Midnight / John Furnival; Astrid Furnival., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10738-10947
Scope and Contents

This sculpture serves as a support for Astrid Furnival's knitted sweater "Un Coup de Des." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Lady Midnight / John Furnival; Astrid Furnival., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10738-10947
Scope and Contents

This sculpture serves as a support for Astrid Furnival's knitted sweater "Un Coup de Des." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

[Letter to George (Dowden)] / Furnival, John; Williams J; Houedard DS., 1967

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Identifier: CC-13196-13497
Scope and Contents

Photograph depicts a panel of a screen from Furnival's language tower drawings, a work in progress. Furnival writes that Jonathan Williams will be coming to England in May and Dom Sylvester Houedard is in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letters to the Great Dead: Arc-En-Oeil / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985

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Identifier: CC-13154-13455
Scope and Contents

This depicts a black and white portrait of Eric Satie with rainbow colored eye glasses? or eye brows? The citation "Arc-En-Oeuil en Arcueil" is printed at the bottom of the print. In another copy, the same citation is on a blue rectangle.Arcueil is the name of the town south of Paris where Satiespent some time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Letters to the Great Dead: Arc-En-Oeil / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1985

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Identifier: CC-13162-13463
Scope and Contents

This depicts a black and white portrait of Eric Satie with rainbow colored eye glasses? or eye brows? The citation "Arc-En-Oeuil en Arcueil" is printed on a blue rectangle at the bottom of the print. In another copy, the same citation is printed without the blue rectangle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Manhatten - A Detail / Furnival, John., 1971 - 1972

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Identifier: CC-12666-12907
Scope and Contents

This is a detail photograph of the Statue of Liberty that was composed with words on a 6 x 4 foot screen done with pen and ink on board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971 - 1972

Manhatten: Centre Panel / Furnival, John., 1971 - 1972

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Identifier: CC-12672-12915
Scope and Contents

This photograph of the center panel of one of Furnival's screens shows the Statue of Liberty which is totally composed of text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971 - 1972

[Mence Smith] / Furnival, John., 1960

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Identifier: CC-13228-13529
Scope and Contents

Appears to be a montage of ideas for what was to become Furnival's classically drawn visual poems. The elements consist of architectural elements, sign numbers, and lettering. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Mostra Internacional De Poesia Visual De Sao Paulo, I / International Exhibition Of Visual Poetry Sao Paulo, I / Philadelpho Menezes, curator ; Furnival J ; Robinet A ; Hatherly A ; Riha K ; Petocz A ; Lora-Totino A ; Ferrando B ; Blurr B ; Lubrano C ; Stetser C ; Espinosa C ; Figueiredo C ; Vigo EA ; Minarelli E ; Aguiar F ; Colonna G ; Was E ; Deisler G ; Padin C ; Cavalieri-Prieto AM ; Aly A ; Athilano A ; deAlda A ; Bouza A ; Lizarraga A ; Pinheiro A ; Benon ; Catelli C ; McLean D ; deMelo e Castro EM ; Gomringer E ; Fedi F ; Martins F ; Valverde F ; Sarue G ; Perneczky G ; Jose-Jorge G ; Fontana G ; Zimmer G ; Schraenen G ; Polkinhorn H ; Mund Hjr ; Pontes H ; Johnson J ; Falco G ; Supek J ; Darias J ; Taylor J ; Todorovic M ; Caraballo J ; Huber J ; Almeida M ; Juhasz J ; Alberasturi JC ; Branco J ; Mendonca J ; Espanosa-Vargas JJ ; Kempton K ; Ladik K ; Bates K ; Groh K ; Baik KN ; Ferreira L ; Jackson L ; Ocharan L ; Grinberg L ; Gabrielli L ; Fierens L ; Modesto LS ; Diotallevi M ; Almeida M ; Pawson M ; Glasmeier M ; Metallic Avau ; Groschopp M ; Mitras M ; And M ; Perfetti M ; Bentivoglio M ; Agafitel M ; Sagger MS ; Arganaraz NN ; Frangione N ; Liuzzi O ; Espanosa P ; Bruscky P ; Nagy P ; Klein P ; Gutierrez PJ ; Xisto P ; Murphy P ; Sevcik P ; Ciani P ; Koraichi R ; Igazsag R ; Nikonova R ; Richard C ; Rudocinski R ; Summers R ; Pavel R ; Tani R ; Takacs R ; Wolf-Rehfeldt R ; Yamanaka R ; Beyer SG ; Jackson S ; Helmes S ; Nunes S ; Segay S ; Cena S ; Holtz S ; Yoshizawa S ; Krarup S ; Jacob S ; Herrmann S ; thalia ; Schulz T ; Stikker U ; Andrade V ; Xerra W ; Anleo X ; Akiya Y., 1988

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Identifier: CC-08478-8646
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was a very large, diversified survey of contemporary concrete and visual poetry. The catalogue includes several critical essays written in Portuguese along with English translations. It features essays on the poetry scene in Latin America and other countries. The pamphlet is a program of events held in conjunction with the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

[Nazi Steamroller] / Furnival, John., 1970

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Identifier: CC-13220-13521
Scope and Contents

A German soldier wearing a Nazi armband is driving a steamroller over a road paved with random numbers (perhaps signifying the victims of the Nazis) as well as numbers of several years of the 20th century. Smoke arising from the engine contains rows of paper cut-out figures going heavenward signifying the holocaust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

No.100: Jonathan Williams / Asphodel Book Shop ; Williams J ; Phillips T ; Furnival J., 1985

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Identifier: CC-25149-25602
Scope and Contents

Consists of a listing of works by Jonathan Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Proposal: Ian Hamilton Finlay - Poem/ Prints / Leiber, Steven ; Furnival J., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42367-44377
Scope and Contents

This catalogue features the prints of Ian Hamilton Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Regional News / Furnival, John., 1978

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Identifier: CC-13262-13563
Scope and Contents

The drawing is dominated by the listing of four silkscreened words listed from top to bottom, viz., Norther, Easter, Wester and Souther. Wide colored lines in a meandering fashion like unwound, tangled tape from a casette cross, encircle and go under the four directional words. The caption below these words reads, Regional News: one line the shortest distance between two points bing the prettiest. On the right side, Furnival draws in graphite, Paris c'est beauborg n'est pastiche. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Selected Works of the Last Twenty Years / Furnival, John ; Martin H ; Zurbrugg N ; DellaGrazia P., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35500-37237
Scope and Contents

The catalogue mentions that Furnival's works are held by the Sackner collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000