Furnival, John, 1933-2020
Dates
- Existence: 1933-05-29-
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Adam's First Words to Eve / Furnival, John., 1978
A reclining, naked Adam is depicted in Classical sculptural imagery enunciating, "So what? Small is Beautiful! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
After the Russian / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Furnival, John., 1969
Finlay's three worded constellations serve as captions for Furnival's drawing of a Russian sailor and ship. First published in London Magazine in January 1969. This work is cited as a pamphlet (also held by Sackner Archive) but not as a print. There is also a signed edition of 300 copies.There is no reproductions in the Finlay Prints 1963-1997 book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
After the Russian / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Furnival, John., 1969
Finlay's three worded constellations serve as captions for Furnival's drawing of a Russian sailor and ship. First published in London Magazine in January 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Although the Meteorological] / Furnival, John., 1997
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.
An Obsolete Native of Dent... / Furnival, John., 1996
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.
Ant on Bruckner / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan., 1980
This card is also designated Jargon Society Card No.17. It depicts a portrait of the composer, Anton Bruckner, with an ant on his head. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Arcueil: Ca - Tea-Leaves / Furnival, John; Williams, Jonathan; Vince John., 1982
Ca - Tea in the title can be read as [Erik] Satie, the French avant garde music composer who is depicted in full figure view at the top of the pedestal in this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau d'Issan / Furnival, John., 1986
In the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau Latour / Furnival, John., 1986
In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bordeaux Vineyard: Chateau Malescot St. Exupery / Furnival, John., 1986
Bright Patches / Furnival, John., 1994
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.
Bunting at Brigflatts / Furnival, John., 1986
This depicts the poet Basil Bunting standing outside his house with the caption, "all sounds fall still, fellside bleat, hide-and-seek peewit." The Archive hold the print from the Letters to the Great Dead Series with the same image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Ca - Tea-Leaves! / Furnival, John; Picabia F; Satie E., 1982
Stored in The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Christmas / Holiday Broadside: An Arabesk for Frederick Delius at the Year's End. No.3 / John Furnival ; Jonathan Williams., 1981
This is a Christmas broadside from The University Libraries with drawing by Furnival and poetry by Williams. The title of this series was later changed to Holiday Broadside. The edition consists of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Sackner copy is signed but unnumbered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Claude Has Come into the Garden, 1974
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.
Close-up. Rooksmoor / Furnival, John., 1994
Rooksmoor is the name of Furnival's house/village. The image depicts a black and white rendition of a Lungwort that was adapted from a watercolor sent to the Sackners as part of a letter (1991) from Furnival. In The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Danger! Un Chataigner Peut en Cacher un Autre / Furnival, John., 1996
The image is a realistically drawn row of trees and bushes in a field. The number of prints in this edition is unknown. The series of three prints is depicted on facing pages 50-51 in Furnival's book, "The Locative-Vocative Cases" but is misdated as '2004.' the title is translated to "Danger! A chestnut tree can hide another." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Egg Series: Curate's Egg, Imperially Hatched, In Parts / Furnival, John., 1976
Curate is a British term for the assistant to a vicar of the Church of England. The drawing consists of hatched fragments of an egg shell with a lower case letter on each fragment that together spell "eggshellent." Here Furnival appears to be poking fun at the British religious institution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Egg Series: Egg Legs It Right / Furnival, John., 1976
Half of an egg shell is depicted on the right side; the caption in bold cursive text is placed in the lower center of the drawing. The word "legs" references the shape on the left that also resembles a knee. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Egg Series: Eggs Sit Left / Furnival, John., 1976
Viewed from above, the two parts of the egg shell in this drawing might be interpreted as the thigh meeting the knee. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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