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Furnival, John, 1933-2020

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-05-29-

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

From Boomsday to Doosday..Attention Please, Attention If You Please Do Not Panic, 1980

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13259-13560
Scope and Contents

The theme of the poem deals with the Cold War and is depicted on page 64 of Furnival's book "Lost for Words" (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

The Computer's First Translation / Morgan, Edwin, editor; Cobbing B; Furnival J; Parfitt W; Finch P; Morgan E., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-32393-33964
Scope and Contents

The card depict unreadable poems that might have been produced, according to Morgan's imagination, by bugs in computers' first programs on making translations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Windmills Enter Arms Race / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Willcocks, Jonathan; Furnival J., 1967

 Item — Folder 36: [Barcode: 31858072459963]
Identifier: CC-12407-12633
Scope and Contents

This is a varient copy of a print with the same title in Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The overlaid text in this print as well as the colors differ from the print in the portfolio. The finished print has words printed in blue and bluish-purple and the varient copy is printed in green and light blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

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Concrete poetry 3
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