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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Sky on Water by Libbie J. Masterson, Image 1.

    Libbie J. Masterson

    Sky on Water, 2010

    Toned gelatin silver print

    9 x 9 in (22.86 x 22.86 cm)

  2. Notepad by Matt Kenyon, Image 1.

    Matt Kenyon

    Notepad, 2007

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Conn., 1978

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  4. Untitled by Rita Alima, Image 1.

    Rita Alima

    Untitled, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  5. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 2.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, c. 1978

    Chromogenic print

    16.875 x 13.875 in (42.86 x 35.24 cm)

  6. Taj by Marilyn Torre, Image 1.

    Marilyn Torre

    Taj, 1973

    Intaglio on paper

    38.25 x 26.125 in (97.16 x 66.36 cm)

  7. Earth-Lung by Robert Malone, Image 1.

    Robert Malone

    Earth-Lung, 1971

    Lithograph on paper

    21.5 x 29.5 in (54.61 x 74.93 cm)

  8. Plate 698, Hooper Bay Youth by Edward Curtis, Image 1.

    Edward Curtis

    Plate 698, Hooper Bay Youth, 1928

    Photogravure on tissue

    15.5 x 11.5 in (39.37 x 29.21 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.