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44" by 13" woodblock print on paper using the Chine-colle technique by Jessie Wilber.
This woodblock is indicative of Jessie Wilber's style, her work isolates and at the same unites her subjects. It is personal documentation on the way we look at…

46" by 30" one color woodblock print on fabric, 1965

In this print, which is quite large for Wilber, she depicts the evenings spent with other artists, dancers, writers and of course musicians, as shown here. These get-togethers were one way in…

30" by 15" five-stage woodblock print, showing Wilber's process. Here she carved several layers of woodblocks, and using earth tones, she plays with the idea of the human gaze. The owl stares at the viewer blatantly, challenging the notion of "bird…

Here Wilber shows the graceful curve of horses, including only the barest necessary details. The notion of perception takes into account not only the look of things but the hidden essence of things.

19" by 11" single color woodblock print
In her woodblock print Cats in a Garden Wilber creates a unique sense
of space, the circles of cats and garden each stand their own ground. Again, she uses a monochromatic theme, so the brown of the paper –…

Wilber's 19" by 12" woodblock print on reddish brown paper of Huns shows her appreciation of nature while still giving the viewer the freedom to complete the image. Her use of the woodblock print is not only a nod to the Japanese woodblock prints…

Birds and Trees, a 17.25" by 22.75" two-color print on paper, shows how Wilber saw her world. Modernists were tasked with showing the world a more immediate, and for Wilber, a more personal aspect of reality. In this case, she singles out the various…