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Succubae

1950

Adja Yunkers

Associated Names

Adja Yunkers

Artist, American, born Latvia, 1900 - 1983

The image displays abstract shapes and lines in black, set against a backdrop of muted greens, yellows, and reds. The shapes intersect and curve, suggestive of humanoid figures with elongated limbs and unique head shapes. The scene also includes overlapping layers resembling cloaked figures or statues. This composition gives the impression of an animated assembly of beings, resembling phantoms or spirits.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color woodcut on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Dimensions

image: 40.64 × 19.37 cm (16 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 41.28 × 20.32 cm (16 1/4 × 8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.729

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Prints in the Desert, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1950; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Inscriptions

lower left in block: AA; lower left in graphite: "SuccubAE"; lower right in graphite: Yunkers - 50

Wikidata ID

Q77013489

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