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Moku Hanga: Annie Bissett

Borders #1 - U.S./Mexico

Borders #1 - U.S./Mexico

by Annie Bissett (b. 1955)
Self-carved and self-printed moku hanga (Japanese woodblock print)
Signed, dated, titled, and numbered in pencil
Date: 2008
Edition: 12
Image: 14 x 22 inches; paper: 19 x 26-1/4 inches
$400.
From a series about fences and walls along international borders. Made with 4 shina plywood blocks, 23 hand-rubbed impressions plus rubber stamp on Echizen Kozo paper. Based on a satellite view of Nogales, USA and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

Borders #3: Israel/Palestine. They Looked Behind. With a Prosperous Wind (b). With a Prosperous Wind (a). Dorothy Bradford Comes to America. No Friends to Greet Them (light) Honey, I'm Worried About the Kids. John Alden, 1621 & Priscilla Mullins, 1621. Vast Unpeopled Lands. Lost in Translation (Wampum). 10 Little 9 Little Indians. God Blesses John Alexander & Thomas Roberts, 1637. American Bible Story. The First Book. Caleb & Joel Went to Harvard, 1665. Borders #2 - Great Wall. Borders #1 - U.S./Mexico I Ching Abe - Union. Bethlehem, from Three Prophets Mecca, from Three Prophets. Lumbini, from Three Prophets Loosen the Knots, from Five Ways to Use Your Lifeline. Climbing out of Sleep, from Five Ways to Use Your Lifeline. Hold On, from Five Ways to Use Your Lifeline. Locusts in Babylon. Raping Darfur. Melting. Tai Chi Attitudes, Position 1. Tai Chi Attitudes, Position 2 Tai Chi Attitudes, Position 3 Tai Chi Attitudes, Position 4