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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Utopia/Myopia, from the portfolio "Utopia" by Roger Allen-Wickler, Image 2.

    Roger Allen-Wickler

    Utopia/Myopia, from the portfolio "Utopia", 1989

    Silkscreen, linoleum cut, gold leaf on paper

    22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)

  2. Caravan Vessel by Jay Gogin, Image 1.

    Jay Gogin

    Caravan Vessel, 1986

    Raku earthenware

    16 x 13 x 13 in (40.64 x 33.02 x 33.02 cm)

  3. James Coignard

    AAAAA Blue, 1980

    Carborundum etching on paper

    25.75 x 29.5 in (65.41 x 74.93 cm)

  4. Standing Nude by Robert Weaver, Image 1.

    Robert Weaver

    Standing Nude, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    20.25 x 15.125 in (51.44 x 38.42 cm)

  5. Homage/L.V.B. by Doug Warner, Image 1.

    Doug Warner

    Homage/L.V.B., 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    18.125 x 15 in (46.04 x 38.1 cm)

  6. Night by Robert Malone, Image 1.

    Robert Malone

    Night, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 22.5 in (38.1 x 57.15 cm)

  7. The Tragic View by Robert Ecker, Image 2.

    Robert Ecker

    The Tragic View, 1978

    Mezzotint on paper

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  8. Interior by the Sea by Fannie Hillsmith, Image 1.

    Fannie Hillsmith

    Interior by the Sea, 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    27.25 x 23 in (69.22 x 58.42 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.