Il Porto Positano, Salerno Italy, 1981-1998

Item — Box: PCLTBOX/MYERS Box 13

Identifier(s): H2018.439

Scope and contents

Covers 1981-1998 from Il Porto Positano, Salerno, Italy to Australia. Includes letter from Pat Myers p. 3, letter Commune di Positano 1993 p. 18, photocopy of Vali and her siblings as a child, Bruce Jacobs the Dingo man Chewton Castlemaine, flower pressings p. 90, bone carving money owed, typed biography, small photo booth photo of Rudi p. 94, reference to studio 'lost and found this notebook in the studio, about time I found myself again in this Never Never Land', loose drawing of Dog 'Smiley sleeping in the petrol drum 1985', loose photographs and items including photograph of Fanny the donkey p. 94. Reference to Holy Ghost drawing p. 17: 'Working on the new 'Holy Ghost' drawing 'till I'm nearly blind in the left eye'. Includes culturally sensitive images.

Dates

1981-1998

Creator

Myers, Vali, 1930-2003 (Artist, Person)

Extent

1 item

Additional description

General note

Diary has been used with entries at both ends. There are 1991 entries dated January 1981 titled 'Il Porto Positano, Salerno, Italy. Entries for 1998 start at the opposite end and are upside down. Jan 1991: pp. 1-23, blank from p. 24-103 with loose inserts, 1998. 17 pages, end of 1998 entries.