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Adja YunkersLarge Mixed Media Collage Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist1977
1977
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- Creation Year:1977
- Dimensions:Height: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)Width: 29.88 in (75.9 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3822882211
Adja Yunkers
Adja Yunkers was an American abstract painter and printmaker. He was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire in 1900. Yunkers studied art in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris and London. He lived in Paris for 14 years and then moved to Stockholm in 1939. In Stockholm, he published and edited the art magazines ARS magazine and Creation magazine. Yunkers died in New York City in 1983.
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