La Mesa

probably 1947

Adja Yunkers

Associated Names
Adja Yunkers

Artist, American, born Latvia, 1900 - 1983

The image shows irregular dark shapes and lines on a textured grey background. Two crumpled white shapes resembling clouds or tissue paper are embedded within the darker areas. Small red circles are present, creating an effect similar to distant fiery embers or celestial bodies like stars. The overall composition can evoke the silhouette of a landscape beneath a brooding sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    monotype on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47.5 x 66 cm (18 11/16 x 26 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.127

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1951

  • Contemporary American Prints, Berlin, Germany, 1951-1952.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

2000

  • "To Invent a Garden: The Life and Work of Adja Yunkers", Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, 2000.

Bibliography

1997

  • Moser, Joann. Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America. Exh. cat. National Museum of American Art, Washington, 1997; 141. fig. 153.

2000

  • Bartelik, Marek. To Invent a Garden: The Life and Art of Adja Yunkers. Charlottesville, VA, 2000.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: La Mesa Negro. Monotype 194[7]; lower right in graphite: Adja Yunkers

Wikidata ID

Q65066894

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