Adja Yunkers Furniture

Gouache and ink on mat board by Adja Yunkers, signed and dated 1958 on verso. An early work from Yunkers's Abstract Expressionist period, when he was married to art critic Dore Ashton and was part of the circle that congregated at Cedar Tavern. Born in Riga, Russia, Yunkers led a highly cosmopolitan life, studying and working in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris, London, and Stockholm (where he edited and published two art magazines) before settling down in the U.S., primarily in New York City in 1947. A teacher at the New School for Social Research, Yunkers was internationally renowned for his woodblock prints and lithographs, turning to painting--first Expressionist, later Minimalist color fields--in the late 1950's. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, the Corcoran Gallery, MFA Boston...

Framed Lithograph by Adja Yunkers, circa 1960s.

Requiem for a Virgin King by Adja Yunkers (1900-1983), abstract lithograph, yellow, signed. Large lithograph on wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil in lower right. Numbered 39/50 and titled: Requiem for a Virgin King. Image size measures: 46 x 35. Framed size: 54.5 inches x 45 inches. Archivally matted and framed with a 1.5 inch white lacquered wood molding and UV plexiglass.  Yunkers, a major New York mid-twentieth century abstract painter and printmaker, was part of a group of New York artists (and friends) which included Robert Motherwell, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, Phillip Guston...

"Red Echo" by Adja Yunkers (1900-1983), abstract lithograph, signed. Lithograph on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower right: 2/40 Adja Yunkers 1976. Titled "Red Echo" in lower left in pencil. Lithograph was been archivally matted and framed with a 1.5 inch white lacquered wood molding and UV plexiglass. Framed size: 41 inches x 30.38 inches x 1.5 inches. Yunkers, a major New York mid-twentieth century abstract painter and printmaker, was part of a group of New York artists (and friends) which included Robert Motherwell, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, Phillip Guston...

Adja Yunkers (1900-1983) was an abstract painter and printmaker. Born in Latvia Yunkers lived and studied extensively in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris, and London. He lived in Paris for 1...

Adja Yunkers (1900-1983) was an abstract painter and printmaker. Born in Latvia Yunkers lived and studied extensively in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris, and London. He lived in Paris for 1...

The chairs with women's names... Wäckerlin, steam-curved Mulberry desk chair with Vienna straw seat and hand-wrought iron hardware. A piece of history dating back to the end of the ...

Untitled abstract painting by Adja Yunkers. Collage with acrylic, signed and dated 1969.

Adja Yunkers (1900–1983) was an abstract painter and printmaker. Born in Latvia Yunkers lived and studied extensively in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris, and London. He lived in Paris for 1...

An extraordinary artifact of the renown artist Adja Yunkers (1900–1983). The years of paint has accumulated in a manner that in itself is a work of art. Yunkers was an abstract paint...