Medium: Lithograph Dimensions: 20 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1969 Date finished: 2003 Edition: of 23
Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher): "The Wise Virgin by Jenny Schmid references the parable Jesus told about five foolish virgins and five wise virgins meeting their bridegroom for the first time without warning in the Christian bible. The parable is meant as a metaphor for being ready for death at all times. Once this story came out of the mouths of men at the pulpit, it was twisted to be a warning about women who are unchaste. In this lithograph, the central character is a girl who is afraid - hunched over and ducking away from the devil and his poisonous alcohol. She’s also clutching her bibles as she avoids the temptation of the man at her heel, not looking out for the female creature she steps on, unknowingly. This piece is different from Schmid’s other works she made around this time with alternate worlds where girls are adventurers who break from society’s prescribed roles for them. Instead, she’s using her expert lithographic skills to illustrate the harsh dichotomy girls have pushed on them - be a good girl or be a bad girl."
Medium: Lithograph Dimensions: 34 x 42 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1969 Date finished: 2012 Edition: of 38 Publisher: Vermillion Editions
Medium: Lithograph Dimensions: 34 x 42 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1969 Date finished: 2012 Edition: AP Publisher: Vermillion Editions
Medium: Lithograph Dimensions: 34 x 42 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1969 Date finished: 2012 Edition: of 38 Publisher: Vermillion Editions
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 19 inches Artist details: Korean, 1954 Date finished: 2012 Edition: of 28
Poem: One cup of tea, one comma. We still have time to put a period. How do you want it finish? A question mark? Or an exclamation mark? Even right that thought, With a cup of tea first!
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 24 x 12 1/4 inches (sheet) Artist details: Korean, 1954 Date finished: 2003 Edition: of 29
Poem: On Buddha's birthday, the child asks."Did you go to the temple?""Yes, I did.""What did you do there?""I had lunch.""Was that all you did?""Oops, my bodhisattva daughter!"
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 32 inches Artist details: Korean, 1954 Date finished: 2011 Edition: of 30
Poem: In the forest of the tall trees, they are competing their heights side by side. Oh, those that stick out their faces from the forest. Is this the way how to live for vanity?
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 11 x 32 inches (sheet) Artist details: Korean, 1954 Date finished: 2008 Edition: of 20
Poem: Off the bowstring, it is right in empty space. Off the river bank, it is right on the water. Only moving from here to there, Without resting, as at the beginning.