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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Nocturne by Helen Gerardia, Image 1.

    Helen Gerardia

    Nocturne, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    18.125 x 22.3125 in (46.04 x 56.67 cm)

  2. Boston Bay Blower by Keith Hatcher, Image 1.

    Keith Hatcher

    Boston Bay Blower, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    14.875 x 21.75 in (37.78 x 55.25 cm)

  3. Moon Garden by Louise Nevelson, Image 2.

    Louise Nevelson

    Moon Garden, 1976

    Cast relief on black paper

    32 x 21 in (81.28 x 53.34 cm)

  4. Ann Beatrix by John Talleur, Image 1.

    John Talleur

    Ann Beatrix, 1976

    Etching on paper

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

  5. Arc Within a Square VII by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Arc Within a Square VII, 1971

    Etching on paper

    24.75 x 17.875 in (62.87 x 45.4 cm)

  6. Select-o-Mat Corolla by Peter Phillips, Image 1.

    Peter Phillips

    Select-o-Mat Corolla, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    29.25 x 41.25 in (74.3 x 104.78 cm)

  7. Le Repose by Marc Chagall, Image 2.

    Marc Chagall

    Le Repose, 1968

    Lithograph on paper

    16.75 x 24 in (42.55 x 60.96 cm)

  8. Jungle by Tobias Schneebaum, Image 1.

    Tobias Schneebaum

    Jungle, c. 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    12.75 x 10 in (32.39 x 25.4 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.