Ralph McGuire Painting "Prisoner"

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...

Panels for the Walls of Heaven, a square octavo volume of poems, abstract illustrations (based on paintings by the author) and outre typography, by experimental poet and artist Kenneth Patchen, published by Bern Porter...

Purvis Young (1943-2010) 'Prisoners' 20th Century Boldly signed at the top 'Young' A thought-provoking world of 'Prisoners' by Purvis Young (1943-2010), a captivating work that re...

Vintage watercolor painting features a scene in New Mexico with a female figure leaning on the wall of a church. The painting is signed by the artist in lower left corner; it has its original frame with handwritten note attached to the brown paper backing - Ralph Avery...