Box 2

Scope and Contents:

Lubell 2/9: 51

Brown ink and wash drawing of two varieties of an almost alien architecture, without greater context or explanation. The forms appear similar to coral reefs or fossilized plant life. Orange and brown wash is used to color, shade, and define the various components of the figures, along with ink crosshatching that indicate waves and cresses.

36.8 x 45.8 cm

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/9: 52 Ink and wash drawing of a structure almost completely devoid of a realistic central structure, but which appears to be a amalgamation of several distinct, decaying forms of plant and animal life. This morass, which almost looks like a small hill covered in dying mushrooms, broken twigs, and fallen leaves, uses a wide variety of ink line patterns and what appears to be wash or watercolor (primarily in browns and bluish-grays, along with pink for two mushroom...

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/9: 53 Graphite pencil drawing that is less a naturalistic portrayal of an underwater landscape than a conjoined representation of the various species, forms, and life in one. Large shellfish, coral, and plants are placed adjacent to each other. Extensive and elaborate shading is used on all of the figures, from the pattern of dots on one clam (?) shell to the asynchronous leaf patterns on the plant in the background. Incomplete draft sketch on verso. Signed W. Lubell....