Adja Yunkers Utah Museum of Fine Art Lithographic Exhibition Poster Unframed '69

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A modern lithographic exhibition poster on paper promoting Adja Yunkers at Utah Museum of Fine Art, 1969. An abstracted composition … Read more A modern lithographic exhibition poster on paper promoting Adja Yunkers at Utah Museum of Fine Art, 1969. An abstracted composition in gold and blue tones. Provenance: Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor. Dimensions: 22.5”h x 16.5”w (unframed). In very good vintage condition.

Adja Yunkers (1900-1983) was an American abstract painter and printmaker. In Stockholm, he published and edited ARS magazine and Creation magazine. In 1947 he moved to the United States, where he lived for the rest of his life. He held a teaching position at the New School for Social Research in New York while summers were spent teaching at the University of New Mexico. In 1949, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. During the 1950s he primarily worked in color woodcuts, introducing brushwork into the genre. In 1960, he began producing lithographs. Selected permanent collections include Guggenheim Museum, New York City, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Victorica and Albert Museum, London, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. See less