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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled (Surrounded by Wolves) by Jen Ray, Image 1.

    Jen Ray

    Untitled (Surrounded by Wolves), 2017

    Watercolor and ink on handmade paper

    14.875 x 11 in (37.78 x 27.94 cm)

  2. The Last Thanks by Wendy Red Star, Image 1.

    Wendy Red Star

    The Last Thanks, 2006

    Archival pigment print

    24 x 36 in (60.96 x 91.44 cm)

  3. Morning by Robert Malone, Image 1.

    Robert Malone

    Morning, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    15.125 x 22.375 in (38.42 x 56.83 cm)

  4. Charles Seeger, New Haven, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Charles Seeger, New Haven, Conn., 1975

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  5. Painted door sign, Indianola, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Painted door sign, Indianola, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    24 x 16.125 in (60.96 x 40.96 cm)

  6. Fourth Print by Bernard Cohen, Image 1.

    Bernard Cohen

    Fourth Print, 1973

    Etching on paper

    16.8125 x 16.8125 in (42.7 x 42.7 cm)

  7. Seated Woman, Profile by Rosemarie Beck, Image 1.

    Rosemarie Beck

    Seated Woman, Profile, c. 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 12.75 in (25.4 x 32.39 cm)

  8. November Twilight by John Joseph Enneking, Image 2.

    John Joseph Enneking

    November Twilight, 1890

    Oil on canvas

    25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 cm)

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About the artist

Adja Yunkers

American

1900-1983

American painter and printmaker born in Riga, Russia (present day Latvia). Yunkers Studied art in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) before moving to Germany in 1919. He was active in artistic movements such as Sturmgruppe as he exhibited alongside Nolde, Schmidt and Rottluff, and in a Russian avant-garde exhibition with Kandinsky, Archipenko and Chagall. Yunkers traveled extensively across Spain, Canary Islands, Cuba, etc.; in Cuba, he participated in the Leftist activities before fleeing the political upheaval for Mexico, where met Diego Rivera and returned to Europe. He escaped Nazi Germany for Paris then Sweden. Collaborated in various art publications (ARS magazine and Creation magazine) before moving to New York. He founded Rio Grande Workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is known for color woodcuts and introduced brushwork into the genre. He produced two important series of lithographs at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles: Salt (five lithographs) and Skies of Venice (ten lithographs). Collected works found in Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Brooklyn Musem, New York; Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC; Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; etc.