Prolific artist - mostly hand-printed wood engravings and sculptures. Lived 1919-2012. Also my great-aunt :-). After "retiring" from Cornell University she built a house in Manchester Village, Vermont around a small printing press and continued to produce wonderful art right up until her death.

 

obituary | on Wikipedia
appreciation by librarian and mushroom enthusiast Robert Resnik

 

Some of her works

• Statue at 1939 World Fair
• Cornell 2011 exhibit
• prints at Beckwith Gallery in Vermont - Elaine Beckwith is also cataloging the enormous collection of works Miss Abbe left at her home.

I'm checking out copyrights to see about posting some actual images here...