John Furnival - Unoriginal Sins

EXEMPLA. 1973.

paul robertson — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:42:00 +0000

Firenze: Exempla, n.d. (1973)

11 x 23cm, black on white printed envelope with a logo design by Nannucci content of a 40 x 63cm (open size) catalogue for the various print and object editions released by Nannucci's publicaiton house. Twenty different limited edition works by Jiri Kolar, Ben Vautier, Giorgio Griffa, Vincenzo Agnetti, Superstudio, Jochen Gerz, UFO, Saul Ostrow, Pietro Grozssi, Timm Ulrichs, Maurizio Nannucci, Mario Diacono, John Furnival, Guseppe Chiari, Adriano Spatola, Paolo Masi, Mario Mariotti, Auro Lecci, Marco Gastini and Claudio Parmiggiani. All illustrated in b/w. VG+ - a scarce item.

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FESTIVAL DE FORT BOYARD. 1967.

paul robertson — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:46:35 +0000

Fort Boyard: Festival de Fort Boyard, 1967

17 x 12.5cm, 30pp plus card covers and printed dust-jacket. One of 500 such catalogues for a supposed art festival which was never intended to be staged. Works by Serge Beguier, Antonio Berni, Gianni Bertini, Julian Blaine, Henri Chopin, Nickos et Wolman are reproduced throughout. Mention of John Furnival and Mimmo Rotella's involvement on some page designs. Numbered from an edition of 1,000. A somewhat hard to find catalogue.

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UNTITLED (AEIOU). 1972. SIGNED & NUMBERED BY FURNIVAL.

paul robertson — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 13:31:32 +0000

N.p. (Paris): n.p. (Robert Altmann/Brunidor), 1972

33 x 26cm, 1pp offset lithograph with a reproduced collage work by Furnival. The print is signed in pencil bottom right by Furnival and is numbered 46/50 also in pencil. VG+.

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OPENINGS PRESS. PRICE LIST. C. 1965.

paul robertson — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:34:11 +0000

Woodchester: Openings Press, n.d. c. 1965

25.5 x 21cm, 1pp. Price list issued by Furnival and dsh's concrete and visual poetry press which lists the first six Openings publications and the first two plakats and the first "wallpoem" as wel as the "9-minute tape, Devil Trap by Ernest Jandl and John Furnival". Some wear along right hand side and minor browning else VG. Scarce ephemera.

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REVUE OU 30 / 31 CINQUIEME SAISON. 1967. NUMBERED & DATED FROM THE EDITION OF 500 COPIES. SOME ELEMENTS SIGNED.

paul robertson — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:30 +0000

Paris: OU (Henri Chopin and Gianni Bertine), 1967

26 x 26cm outer cover printed in blue on white designed by Ben Vautier. 10 inch record with paper artworks. A single number of Chopin's long running assemblage and musical publication.

Alongside the 10 inch LP can be found the following contributions:

(a) Yaacov Agam's nine poems printed in English, Hebrew and French on a single sheet along with a metal badge - ADIEU/ A DIEU,

(b) a John Furnival pop up relief print signed and dated in pencil by the artist,

(d) a Luc Peire silk-screened artwork,

(e) Anatol Stern's two futurist poems,

(f) Luigi Ferro's a concrete poetry typewriter work printed black and red on translucent paper - 8pp.

The record is a recording of Chopin's Le Corps (22') with voices by Henri, Brigitte, Denis and And Jean Chopin as well as H.C. and Jiri Latal

Minor suggestion of foxing to outer cover, glue holding the wallet has detached but can easily be repaired, otherwise VG+. A scarce item like all copies of OU.

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THE BANG BOOK. 1971. SIGNED BY FURNIVAL.

paul robertson — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 21:50:58 +0000

USA: The Jargon Society, 1971
23 x 20.5cm, 44pp plus wrappers and printed mylar dj. Meyer's homo-erotic ghost tale/poem about Wild Bill Hickok, his ghost and a young boy's introduction into an aggressive frontier manhood. This copy is signed on the title page by Furnival. Very good copy with a 5 x 1cm loss of plastic from the rear of the transparent dust jacket.

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KILPECK CORBELS. SILKSCREEN SIGNED BY FURNIVAL.

paul robertson — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:26:17 +0000

N.p.: n.p., n.d.

64 x 49.5cm, black on white silkscreen from an unknown edition. Reproduced sketches by Furnival of corbels (small statuary found on medieval buildings - mostly churches) based on those found in Kilpeck Church near Hereford. The print is signed in pencil bottom right by the artist. VG+.

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THE EYEFUL TOWER. 1966. SIGNED BY FURNIVAL.

paul robertson — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:12:28 +0000

Woodchester: Openings Press, 1966

58 x 30cm, brown-orange on cream thick paper silkscreen displaying a Furnival drawing of the tour de Eiffel using short phrases, words and letters. This example of an unknown edition size is signed and dated in black ink bottom left. Some brown spotting (nascent foxing?) over all and slight handling folds else VG.

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EPITAPHS FOR LORINE. 1973. BACK PAGE BY FINLAY.

paul robertson — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:43:58 +0000

Penland: Jargon Society, 1973.
16.7 x 10cm, 48pp. Original pictorial wrappers. A memorial publication for Lorine Niedecker who had died 3 years earlier. Each of 32 poets contributed a work to the book. Finlay who had published her poetry book "My Friend Tree" as the first ever Wild Hawthorn Press book contributed the back cover image of "SONG/ WIND/WOOD" which honours here Niedecker's love for nature.
Jonathan Williams edited this small delight and there are poems by dsh, Gael Turnbull, John Furnival and others. VG condition.

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POLAR. 1964. THE TENTH PUBLICATION OF FINLAY’S WILD HAWTHORN PRESS.

paul robertson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:10:05 +0000

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964 
55 x 43cm, blue and light blue on white silkscreen. This visual poem by Furnival is an image of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) made up of the words BEAR, OURS, NU. Much like in the night sky the shape points to the POLE Star but here it is designated POLAR - hence creating a polar bear. This was the tenth ever print created by the Wild Hawthorn Press and is very rare. There are pin pricks in the corners of the print and some scotch tape to reinforce where it has been placed on a wall (possibly during poetry readings and then recovered as Finlay often did in the early years, some browning and marks at the extremities and a paper lack on the bottom left. Murray 1.10. Priced to reflect damage.

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POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 12. 1965.

paul robertson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:43:57 +0000

Edinburgh; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1964
26 x 21cm, 4pp + 1pp insert. The twelfth number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Jeffrey Steele, Paul de Vree, Mary Ellen Solt, Edwin Morgan, Dom Sylvester Houédard, J.F. Hendry, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ernst Jandl and Lewis Carrol. By this number it was clear that POTH was mostly dedicated to the visual poetry movement and all contributions here display strong visual elements. VG+ condition.

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ARLINGTON 2. 1967.

paul robertson — Wed, 29 May 2024 19:02:25 +0000

Bath: Bath Academy of Art, 1967

15 x 15cm, 12pp (single folded sheet that opens to 45 x 30cm). Purple and green offset. The exhibition catalogue/artists book with original contributions by dsh, John Furnival annd Ian Hamilton Finlay. The exhibition was a sequel to "Arlington one" the highly influential exhibition of concrete and visual and spatial poetry. Very very scarce - this is in VG+ condition.

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