Items Similar to Large Mixed Media Collage Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist
- Design Credit: Elizabeth Roberts Architec̦ture & Design, Photo Credit: Dustin Aksland. Dimensions: H 44.50 in. x W 29.88 in.
- Design Credit: Timothy Godbold, Photo Credit: Karl Simone. Dimensions: H 44.50 in. x W 29.88 in.
- Want more images or videos?Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10
Adja YunkersLarge Mixed Media Collage Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist1977
1977
$1,200
About
Adja Yunkers
b. 1900, Riga, Russia; d. 1983, New York
Adja Yunkers was born Adolf Junkers on July 15, 1900, in Riga, Russia (now Latvia). He studied art in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), but from 1917 to 1919 his schooling was interrupted by military service in the Russian army. Yunkers soon left Russia for Europe and traveled extensively for the next two decades, settling for long periods in Cuba, France, and Germany. During much of his early career, Yunkers was active in political as well as artistic movements. At times his political investments even outweighed his commitment to his art, and in 1936 he moved to Spain to fight in its civil war. When the war ended in 1939, he moved to Stockholm and began to focus on art making again. He became associated with the Swedish Surrealists and published three journals devoted to art and politics. These handcrafted publications signaled a strong interest in printmaking, and in the 1940s he made many woodblock prints depicting distorted objects and figural compositions that demonstrate the influence of German Expressionism on his work.
In 1947, Yunkers moved to New York and began to teach at the New School for Social Research. After four tumultuous marriages, he married one of his former students from the New School, Dore Ashton, in 1952. Ashton became an art critic for the New York Times in 1955, and through her, Yunkers was introduced to the artists who would become known as the Abstract Expressionists. He began drawing with pastel directly on canvas, resulting in large-scale works that recall Color Field painting in their emphasis on the materiality of color. Expanding on this impulse, Yunkers's later work made extensive use of negative space, collage, and monochrome. The influence of Minimalism in this more reduced aesthetic is clear, and his canvases became more object-like. Both printmaking and bookmaking were central to Yunkers's oeuvre. He founded the Rio Grande Workshop in New Mexico (where he also taught) in 1949, publishing an entirely handmade art magazine called Prints in the Desert. In 1969 he illustrated a limited-edition book by the poet Octavio Paz, a collaboration that sparked both a friendship and a number of additional illustrated books in the years to come. Yunkers also produced two large public works on commission: A Human Condition (1966), a mural for Syracuse University, and a tapestry produced for Stony Brook University (1968), both in New York.
Yunkers had his first solo exhibition in 1921 at the Maria Kunde Galerie, Hamburg, Germany. Later that same year, he was part of a group show featuring Eastern European and Russian artists, including Alexander Archipenko, Marc Chagall, and Vasily Kandinsky, held in Hannover, Germany.
He was included in an exhibition organized by the Print Council of America entitled American Prints Today. A snapshot of the state of American printmaking at the time of the exhibition. Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Kohn, Mauricio Lasansky, Vincent Longo, Ezio Martinelli, James McGarrell, Gabor Peterdi, Karl Schrag, Ben Shahn, Benton Spruance, Carol Summers, and Adja Yunkers. He exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, with retrospectives at the Baltimore Museum of Art (1960); Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City (1968); Museo de arte moderno, Bosque de Chapultepec, Instituto nacional de bellas artes, Mexico City (1975); and Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, New York (1984). In 1967, the Brooklyn Museum presented a retrospective devoted entirely to his prints. Yunkers died on December 24, 1983, in New York.
Details
- Creator
- Creation Year1977
- DimensionsHeight: 44.50 in. (113.03 cm)Width: 29.88 in. (75.9 cm)
- Medium
- Movement & Style
- Period
- Condition
- Gallery LocationSurfside, FL
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU3822882211
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingShips From: Surfside, FL
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
1stDibs Buyer Protection Guaranteed
If your item arrives not as described, we’ll work with you and the seller to make it right. Learn More
About the SellerLocated in Surfside, FL
4.9
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 1995
1stDibs seller since 2014
1,175 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
More From This Seller
- By Adja YunkersLocated in Surfside, FLAdja Yunkers b. 1900, Riga, Russia; d. 1983, New York Adja Yunkers was born Adolf Junkers on July 15, 1900, in ...Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsMixed Media, Etching
- By Adja YunkersLocated in Surfside, FLAdja Yunkers b. 1900, Riga, Russia; d. 1983, New York Adja Yunkers was born Adolf Junkers on July 15, 1900, in ...Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsMixed Media, Etching
- By Adja YunkersLocated in Surfside, FLTitle The King in Pink Technique mixed process intaglio Signature pencil, lower right margin Paper: J. Barcha...Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsMixed Media, Intaglio
- By Adja YunkersLocated in Surfside, FLRed Echo Adja Yunkers b. 1900, Riga, Russia; d. 1983, New York Adja Yunkers was born Adolf Junkers on July 15, ...Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsMixed Media
- By Adja YunkersLocated in Surfside, FLAdja Yunkers (1900–1983) was an American abstract painter and printmaker. He was born in Riga, Governorate of Li...Category
1970s Abstract Prints
MaterialsMixed Media, Intaglio
- By Pat SteirLocated in Surfside, FLPat Steir (born 1940) is an American painter and printmaker. Her early work was loosely associated with Conceptu...Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
You May Also Like
A II, Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by Adja Yunkers 1972
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Adja Yunkers, American (1900 - 1983)
Title: A II
Year: 1972
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 2/50
Image size 40 x 30 inches
Size: 41 x 31 in. (104.1...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Pueblo, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Adja Yunkers 1977
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Adja Yunkers, Latvian/American (1900 - 1983)
Title: Pueblo
Year: 1977
Medium: Lithograph, Signed, Dated and Titled in Pencil
Edition: 70, Shop Proof
Size: 33.5 x 25 in. (85.0...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by Adja Yunkers 1972
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Adja Yunkers, Latvian/American (1900 - 1983)
Title: untitled
Year: 1972
Medium: Silkscreen with Embossing, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 70
Size: 24.75 x 30 in. (62....
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Summer in Venice
By Adja Yunkers
Located in New York, NY
ADJA YUNKERS
Summer in Venice, 1966
Lithograph on wove paper
14 × 9 1/4 inches
Edition of 250
signed and dated in pencil on the front and unnumbered from the edition of 250, Publishe...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Echo in Grey
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 25
Provenance:
Private Collector, Cleveland
Mixed intaglio with embossing
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Intaglio
"Moon Face" Original lithograph.
By Adja Yunkers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Adja Yunkers
Title: Moon Face
Year: 1960
Medium: Lithograph
Paper: B.F.K Rives
Image size: 17 x 13 inches
Signature: Signed in pencil by the artist.
Publisher: Tam...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Morketiden II", 1973, Silkscreen by Adja Yunkers
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Adja Yunkers, American (1900 - 1983)
Title: Morketiden II
Year: 1973
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 10/175
Image Size: 15 x 17.5 inches
Paper Size...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Adja Yunkers 1960 Abstract Lithograph
By Adja Yunkers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Adja Yunkers: 1900-1983. Well listed artist and printmaker. He was born in Riga Latvia and emigrated to the U.S. He is in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim and Museum of Mo...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Game of Chance
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
88.3 x 69.9 cms (34.7 x 27.51 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Color, Aquatint, Lithograph
"Torso", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Mixographia, 34X26 in.
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Dallas, TX
"Torso" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction Mixographia limited edition measuring 34X26 in. The piece is mounted onto a piece of black board and floated between two pieces o...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Etching
Recently Viewed
View MoreThe 1stDibs Promise
Learn MoreExpertly Vetted Sellers
Confidence at Checkout
Price-Match Guarantee
Exceptional Support
Buyer Protection
Insured Global Delivery