Box LTFBOX/MYERS Box 2

Scope and contents Shows a woman's face with flowing red hair, a raven on the right and a monkey on the left. There is a yellow and black checkered background behind the figures.Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): The monkey appears in quite a few of Vali's drawings. While the raven embodies the state of nigredo, the monkey seems to have one foot in the human world and the other in the animal one. A trickster, sometimes humorous but...

Scope and contents Shows the reclining figure of a sealky woman with a face tattooed in swirls and long red hair, beside a seal on the right and a Maori tiki on the left hand side.Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book', p. 10-11 (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): "A legend tells us of the inhabitants of a region below the depths of the ocean who are able to ascend to the land above by donning a seal-skin, which then they are wont to lay off, and having divested themselves...

Scope and contents Shows the face of a woman with red swirling hair, below her is a green snake, and around her is the domed pavilion of Il Porto, tiny figures of dogs, a dog drinking from a waterfall, and sunflowers.Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book', p. 11 (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): Inspired by 'Lamia' a long poem of Keats. Lamia is a Snake Woman killed by the words of the Philosopher. 'Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and...

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Shows a central portrait of a shamaness and a hare surrounded by red hair which become the sunset in the lower half of the drawing with a view of the sea and Galli Island from Il Porto, the domed pavilion and sleeping animals with a curled up figure on the left. Described by Vali Myers as 'A shamaness with her hare, below is Il Porto'.