Erebos,, (undated)

Lubell 2/13: 117a-b

Elaborate ink drawing of a fusion of woman and bird, squatting over a cracked egg (with a baby in silhouette crawling out of it) inside of a dark mirror of a mandorla (a full body halo) with writing as a border. Shading is extensive and dramatic. The writing for the border: “In the beginning of Things, black winged NIGHT into the bosom of EREBOS, dark & deep, laid a wind-born egg, & as the seasons rolled Forth sprang LOVE gleaming with wings of gold, like to the whirlings of Wind, LOVE the Delight.” Below is a paragraph [in Greek?], attributed to Aristophanes' the Birds. Signed Winifred Milius Lubell. Lubell 117b is a page quoting in English and [Greek?] from the same play. In this, red ink is used for the bibliography, and black for the actual writing. On the verso is a light pencil sketch.

117a - 53.7 x 37.6

117b - 21.3 x 23.8 cm