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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Bridge by Ryan O'Malley, Image 1.

    Ryan O'Malley

    Bridge, 2005

    Lithograph on paper

    22.125 x 14.875 in (56.2 x 37.78 cm)

  2. Pine Tree of the Friendly Garden by Yoshida Toshi, Image 1.

    Yoshida Toshi

    Pine Tree of the Friendly Garden, c. 1980

    Woodblock on paper

    20.5 x 10.5 in (52.07 x 26.67 cm)

  3. Polka Dots and the Moon Beams by George Raymond Kerciu, Image 1.

    George Raymond Kerciu

    Polka Dots and the Moon Beams, 1980

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 15 in (56.52 x 38.1 cm)

  4. From Work by Irving Norman, Image 1.

    Irving Norman

    From Work, 1979

    Lithograph on antique white wove Stonehenge

    24.25 x 27.5 in (61.6 x 69.85 cm)

  5. They Watch, Wait by Will Petersen, Image 1.

    Will Petersen

    They Watch, Wait, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 29.75 in (55.88 x 75.57 cm)

  6. Untitled by Donald Richard Sexauer, Image 1.

    Donald Richard Sexauer

    Untitled, 1972

    Etching on paper mounted to board

    7.625 x 4.875 in (19.37 x 12.38 cm)

  7. Orpheus, Stages of an Image by Varujan Boghosian, Image 1.

    Varujan Boghosian

    Orpheus, Stages of an Image, c. 1970

    Woodcut on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  8. Trio by Rosemarie Beck, Image 1.

    Rosemarie Beck

    Trio, c. 1960

    Lithograph on paper

    10 x 12.75 in (25.4 x 32.39 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.