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: 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: 16 1/2 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 20

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 24 1/2 x 28 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 40

Poem: Excuse Me. We must cross this river. Please excuse us. We will go as quietly as possible.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 24 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 28

Poem: An autumn day when the touch-me-nots burst, sending their seeds away.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 21 x 24 3/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 32

Poem: A boat is coming through the choppy water. Little boat is coming, running to the unshakable land.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2004
Edition: of 41

Poem: Looking at the starry night sky, I think of something that was born in a place far away and is returning to a place far away.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 24 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 24

Poem: A one-legged frog is swimming around. You, as you are now, are perfect.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2004
Edition: of 44

Poem: Now the sky doesn't seem to have a mind to snow...

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: 16 1/2 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2012
Edition: of 30

Poem: Where the birds live? Where the peace live?

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 14 x 12 inches (image) 21 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 40

Poem: You ought to love the world little by little, little things.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 1999
Edition: of 30

Poem: On a day filled with lilac scent, I look up at the night's stars proliferating the sky, tonight the stars embrace me like a sweet fragrance.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 20

Poem: Run!!

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 16 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 33

Poem: No problem to come? Of course not. Snow is just snow. I told you I should go.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 22 x 23 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2011
Edition: of 25

Poem: It stopped raining, and birds are flying up. Sky, it opens like that.

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: 25 x 25 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 35

Poem: When born from the universe of our mother, we meet our mother in the starry space again. We all have our soul's umbilical cord connected to it.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 19 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 32

Poem: Old cherry blossom tree has no thorn,I assumed that the cherry blossom fragrance is getting richer.

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.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 34

Poem: After working in the field we met under the starry sky. I wish we were little stars.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 24 x 28 1/2 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2004
Edition: of 53

Poem: Today the whole universe seems to exist only for you.

Recommended by Emma (Marketing & Communications Manager):
This print is a beautiful example of simplicity. I love the variation of the stars in the sky, the simple composition, and the way the poem ties the piece together both visually and conceptually. The contrast between the small scale of a dandelion and the large scale of the entire universe makes this piece relatable and timeless.  

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 31 inches (sheet)
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 44

Poem: A large cuckoo flew into the night sky, just like a shooting star which crosses slowly through the darkness.

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches
Artist details: Korean, 1954
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 20

Poem: There is a dog which think they are a human not a dog. It is not a dog's fault. Also there is a human which they don't even know they are a dog. Whatever, a dog and a human both need to find their own position and do their job properly. -Isn't it? Woof! Woof!