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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Red Blanket and Plaid Shirt in the Rio Grande (Cobija roja y camisa a cuadros dentro del río Brav... by Susan Harbage Page, Image 1.

    Susan Harbage Page

    Red Blanket and Plaid Shirt in the Rio Grande (Cobija roja y camisa a cuadros dentro del río Brav..., 2011

    Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper

    17 x 22 in (43.18 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Ernie + Brianna When Kids Witness Violence Vermont, from Living with the Enemy by Donna Ferrato, Image 1.

    Donna Ferrato

    Ernie + Brianna When Kids Witness Violence Vermont, from Living with the Enemy, 1996

    Archival pigment print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  3. Grace Hokin by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Grace Hokin, 1986

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  4. Democratic Ward Committee, Grapevine, North Carolina by Robert Amberg, Image 1.

    Robert Amberg

    Democratic Ward Committee, Grapevine, North Carolina, 1985

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 12 in (20.32 x 30.48 cm)

  5. Charles Ireland by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Charles Ireland, 1978

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  6. Untitled I by John Hoyland, Image 2.

    John Hoyland

    Untitled I, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    30 x 23 in (76.2 x 58.42 cm)

  7. Hospital by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Hospital, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    27.625 x 40.125 in (70.17 x 101.92 cm)

  8. Don Quixote by David Solot, Image 1.

    David Solot

    Don Quixote, c. 1950

    Lithograph on paper

    18.75 x 14.5 in (47.63 x 36.83 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.