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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled (Self-Portrait) by Robert Lazzarini, Image 1.

    Robert Lazzarini

    Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2006

    Graphite on paper

    14 x 14 in (35.56 x 35.56 cm)

  2. Notebook Page - Julian Price Park Lake by Robert Johnson, Image 1.

    Robert Johnson

    Notebook Page - Julian Price Park Lake, 2001

    Watercolor and graphite on paper

    10.875 x 7.5 in (27.62 x 19.05 cm)

  3. Untitled, from "Catalogue of Monuments" series by George Nama, Image 1.

    George Nama

    Untitled, from "Catalogue of Monuments" series, 1973

    Linocut on rice paper

    8.5 x 5.4375 in (21.59 x 13.81 cm)

  4. Fire by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Fire, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 29.75 x 1.25 in (56.52 x 75.57 x 3.18 cm)

  5. Corona by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Corona, 1972

    Etching on paper

    22.25 x 29.5 in (56.52 x 74.93 cm)

  6. Untitled by Utagawa 歌川 Kunisada 国貞, Image 1.

    Utagawa 歌川 Kunisada 国貞

    Untitled, c. 1850

    Woodblock on paper

    20.5 x 16.5 in (52.07 x 41.91 cm)

  7. Unknown

    Woman Nursing, from "Unspoiled Cyprus", c. 1920, printed 2001

    Digital print on paper

    13.875 x 11.125 in (35.24 x 28.26 cm)

  8. Prisoner with Pet Frog by Roger Manley, Image 1.

    Roger Manley

    Prisoner with Pet Frog, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    8.375 x 8.75 in (21.27 x 22.23 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.