Box 6

Scope and Contents: Lubell 6/14: 102a-g Woodcut print of a "netsuke," a type of 17th century Japanese miniature sculpture. In this case, it takes the form of several rats grouped together. No color is used, only the black of the woodcut. Print 102a was originally matted, with notation "artist's proof" written on front of mat, and signed Winifred Lubell. Print 102b is signed Winifred M Lubel [sic]. Image 102g is a pen and ink drawing, possibly the initial sketch for the woodcut....

Scope and Contents: Lubell 6/14: 105 A hand colored white line woodcut print of what appear to be two faces in extremely close profile, to the point where the only clear thing that we can see of them are their eyes and noses. The former are a very deep and dark blue, with only one pupil in the three eyes shown (one of the faces is presented from the left, with presumably his right eye away from our gaze). The skin is beige and grey, like a marble statue, and there appears to be some kind of dark grey...

Scope and Contents: Lubell 6/14: 106 Colored white line woodcut print of Pandora, the first woman according to Greek mythology (and symbolic figure of its cultural misogyny) flanked by two burly men hitting the top of her head with hammers. As "Anodos" refers to a form of ascension (Plato used it to describe enlightenment), and they are hitting her head as she prays, this may suggest an alternate reading of the Pandora story in which her opening of the eponymous box – which led to evil...

Scope and Contents: Lubell 6/14: 107a-b Color woodcut print. Grouping of various statues and fetish dolls of archaic female deities, organized in a general way that shows no clear order. Just as the color is different for each one, the styles lead to a number of totally different shapes and designs. Signed Winifred Lubell. The two prints have slightly different composition and coloring of the figures. Print 107a has a blue border and is printed on brown rice paper. Print 107b has a yellow chalk...