Abracadabra

Max Beckmann (1884-1950, German) ~  Türkenbundlilien, 1937

Śrī Viṣṇu in Trivikrama form during Vāmana Avatāra

The massive cosmic form assumed by Śrī Viṣṇu during Vāmana Avatāra the dwarf incarnation when he spanned the heavens and earth in one step, and pushed the Rākṣasa king Mahābalī into the netherworld with the third step.

Nepāla, 19th Century CE

Opaque watercolor on paper

Woman sitting in an armchair, Pablo Picasso

Ulysses and sirens, 1946, Pablo Picasso

Twee ontwerpen voor een kelk van aardewerk, 1920, Museum of the Netherlands

Fig.1: Detail of Buddha’s hands. Mustang caves in Nepal ~ ca.13th century

Fig. 2, 3, 4: illuminations from Sarvadurgatipariśodhanasamādhi (Nepal, 1866), a Tantric Buddhist text containing a series of instructions for the hand-gestures (mudrās) and rites for the elimination of fateful destinies, aimed at procuring a better rebirth for the dead and a better life for the living  • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

Full manuscript, via Cambridge University Library:

Drawing for necklace - Two Chameleons

c. 1895

Wisteria Comb Design and Snakes