Adja Yunkers (American/Latvian, 1900-1983) "Welcome Visitor"
| Lot #: 53 Adja Yunkers (American/Latvian, 1900-1983) "Welcome Visitor" |
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1970. Mixed media collage on canvas. Signed (lower right) and numbered '7/12'. |
| 8 x 10 in. |
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Provenance Private collection, Buffalo, New York. |
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Auction Date Mar 19, 2026 |
| Estimate: $500-$800 |
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Adja Yunkers (American/Latvian, 1900-1983)
Adja Yunkers was a Latvian-born American artist and influential teacher known for his innovative color woodcuts, lithographs, and abstract paintings. Born in Riga, Latvia, Yunkers studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London before establishing a workshop in Stockholm and exhibiting widely in Europe. He immigrated to the United States in 1946 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship three years later, marking the beginning of his national recognition. His color woodblock prints were exhibited extensively across the United States, including a notable 1953 exhibition at the Borgenicht Gallery in New York, from which a five-panel polyptych toured 25 major American museums. Yunkers’ work is held in the permanent collections of major institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and the National and Corcoran Galleries, among many others worldwide.
Adja Yunkers was a Latvian-born American artist and influential teacher known for his innovative color woodcuts, lithographs, and abstract paintings. Born in Riga, Latvia, Yunkers studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London before establishing a workshop in Stockholm and exhibiting widely in Europe. He immigrated to the United States in 1946 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship three years later, marking the beginning of his national recognition. His color woodblock prints were exhibited extensively across the United States, including a notable 1953 exhibition at the Borgenicht Gallery in New York, from which a five-panel polyptych toured 25 major American museums. Yunkers’ work is held in the permanent collections of major institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and the National and Corcoran Galleries, among many others worldwide.
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