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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Nerstrand, Minnesota by Stephen Dahl, Image 1.

    Stephen Dahl

    Nerstrand, Minnesota, 1987

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 12 in (20.32 x 30.48 cm)

  2. Six Holy Days by Fritz Eichenberg, Image 1.

    Fritz Eichenberg

    Six Holy Days, 1976

    Wood engraving on paper

    9.4375 x 8 in (23.97 x 20.32 cm)

  3. Garden in August by Karl Schrag, Image 1.

    Karl Schrag

    Garden in August, 1972

    Etching on paper

    17.5 x 14.75 in (44.45 x 37.47 cm)

  4. Fugue VIII by William Turnbull, Image 1.

    William Turnbull

    Fugue VIII, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    23.125 x 31.375 in (58.74 x 79.69 cm)

  5. Untitled by Kristina Rogers, Image 1.

    Kristina Rogers

    Untitled, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    9.75 x 17 in (24.77 x 43.18 cm)

  6. Unidentified Man by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Man, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  7. Fresh Eggs by Jane Ann Budd Ellithorpe, Image 1.

    Jane Ann Budd Ellithorpe

    Fresh Eggs, No date

    Watercolor on paper

    8.875 x 8.875 in (22.54 x 22.54 cm)

  8. Oils by Mike McMahon, Image 1.

    Mike McMahon

    Oils, no date

    Mixed media

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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.