Box 2

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/13: 103 Brown and black ink drawing (with an attached cutout of a postcard photograph) in the form of an eight-part polyptych very similar to, Lubell 290, titled Medusa, but with fewer images. Both contain the repeated images of the fusion of woman and bird, both have the same writing sample, and both are interested in the presentation, sexual identity, and depiction of women in mythology and classical storytelling. Ink lines are,...

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Lubell 2/13: 104

Graphite pencil and wash drawing of a greatly-detailed section of lichen fungus. Two insects (wasps?) are fighting in the middle of the piece. In lieu of colors, the pencil shading is extensive and elaborate, each form appears unique. Signed Winifred Lubell.

38.6 x 48.3 cm

Scope and Contents: 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,...

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/13: 119 Very loose and fast ink drawing inscribed “Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717, Dutch artist & entomologist.” She holds a dragonfly in her hand. Along with her description, Lubell includes the line, "illustration for a projected biography." Another writing of the title appears to have been cut off at the bottom of the piece. There are light graphite pencil lines near the top of the piece. Signed both Winifred Lubell and W. Lubell. 44.3 x 36.6...