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John Furnival letter and postcard
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0996
Abstract
John Furnival's letter, dated May 26, 1987, and postcard, dated June 11, 1987, are addressed to Philip Ciappoini and Chloe's Books, respectively. Both are signed and regard a series of broadsides Mr. Furnival was publishing. Also included are a prospectus for the series titled Letters to the Great Dead, which bears a small reproduction of Anton Bruckner's broadside and a single sheet by Jonathan Williams describing the series.
Dates:
1987
John Furnival papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0746
Abstract
John Furnival (1933-2020) was a British visual artist whose work is associated with the Concrete Poetry, Mail Art, and Fluxus movements, as well as with the American Beats. In 1964, Furnival, along with Dom Sylvester Houédard, founded Openings Press, a small Gloucestershire press dedicated to publishing concrete poetry and similar work. The John Furnival papers encompass nearly fifty years of the artist’s personal and professional activity and document his involvement with the International...
Dates:
1941-2016; Majority of material found within 1970-2016