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Moku Hanga: Annie Bissett

10 Little 9 Little Indians.

by Annie Bissett (b. 1955)
Self-carved and self-printed moku hanga (Japanese woodblock print)
Signed, dated, titled, and numbered in pencil
Date: 2010
Edition: 5 artist's proofs plus 25 for the portfolio, "Ten" for Zea Mays Printmaking Studio
Printed with 6 carved blocks and 16 hand-rubbed color layers
Image size: 15 x 11 inches (38 x 28 cm)
X101216
$450.

"In 1617-1619 an epidemic thought to be small pox, probably brought by early European explorers, spread through coastal New England, killing an estimated 90% of the native population. The central figure (printed in black), including the words, is from the 1630 seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The red shape surrounding the figure is a depiction of the smallpox virus." Annie Bissett