Box 2

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/7: 46 Ink and wash drawing of a tree, with very distinct and involved coloring. Wash patches are used for greenery (or buds), in multiple greens and a few blues and browns (aside from the latter two colors use in other coloring on the page, the colors are the only defined parts of the tree’s greenery, separating it visually from the trunk and branches). Coloring on the trunk is similarly washed-out. The only larger context is a blue line in the background – which could...

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Lubell 2/7: 47

Ink drawing (with watercolor) of a brobdingnagian tree, presumably in Martha’s Vineyard. Ink is much deeper and more detailed near the bottom and center of the trunk, with its upper branches almost disappearing into the ether. One seemingly incongruous detail is that watercolor, without any outline or ink, is used to portray three children climbing and playing on the tree. Drawn on green paper torn from an artist’s sketchbook.

44.8 x 29.9 cm

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/8: 48 Ink drawing (with watercolor) of a pear tree branch, disconnected from any larger trunk or space. Ink lines and grey wash are used to color, shade, and define the branch, while green is used on the much lighter (in terms of both tone and definition) leaves. A second, presumably earlier version of the piece is painted with what appear to be ink and watercolor on the back of the sheet. Interestingly, the outline has only been partially drawn, but watercolor has...

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Lubell 2/8: 49

Intricate ink and wash drawing of a section of vegetation of an unknown type or types of plant, related to Persephone, the Greek vegetation goddess and Queen of Hades. Yellow ink is used for a bottom network of roots and leaves. Very deep and aggressive shading is used for the leaves on the upper branches in black ink. Specific detail is used on the flowers and seeds of an open bud on near the top. Signed Winifred Lubell.

38.2 x 56.5 cm

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/8: 50 Undetailed, ink and wash drawing (with gouache) of a variety of plant life. An ill-defined creature that looks equal parts lizard and rodent is crawling in the foreground, while the even less focused branches and plants droop in a level of decay. The tan handmade paper used for the piece gives it a degree of texture and makes the figures look more worn. Signed W. Lubell. Piece was removed from matting and a photocopy of writing from the mat verso is included in...

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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....

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Lubell 2/10: 55

Ink and wash drawing of a branch with purple magnolia flowers in bloom. Pen ink is used to outline the branch and flowers, with comparatively thicker lines for the branch – particularly the lower section at the bottom of the print – and thinner lines next to each other to give the petals a more airy, translucent image. Grey wash is used for the branch, and pink and orange for the petals.

22.7 x 30.5 cm

Scope and Contents: Lubell 2/10: 56 Ink drawing of a branch of a pine tree, with a single conifer cone in the center of the image. Ink is very loose, with thin, short lines for the branch and longer – if just as thin – lines for the leaves. The end of the branch has more lines, giving it a darker appearance akin to shading. The cone, by contrast, is by far the least-defined part of the drawing, and its much less drawn image and open spaces in its scales make it contrast with the darker part of the...