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Adja Yunkers

Adja Yunkers

American-Swedish, 1900–1983

WA-00023701

Riga, Latvia

PrintmakingAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

11

Institutional Exhibitions

73

Works in Collection

125

Assets Indexed

0

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0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ4683136

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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Printed, Cut, Folded, and Torn

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Prints for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962–1963

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Recent American Woodcuts and Prints by Marin, Hopper and Weber

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

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Master Prints from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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New Acquisitions: European Paintings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6526
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/adja-yunkers
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Adja Yunkers was a Swedish abstract painter and printmaker whose work bridged European modernism and American postwar abstraction. Active from the 1920s onward, he developed a distinctive approach to color and gestural mark-making that influenced both painting and relief printing. His practice encompassed oil, watercolor, and woodcut, with compositions that favored dynamic linear rhythms and bold chromatic relationships. Yunkers maintained studios in Europe and the United States, where his work circulated among mid-century abstract artists.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Abstract Art

Medium

Printmaking

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (73)

Immobile Sun XXI-C

Immobile Sun XXI-C

1983 · Color soft ground etching, aquatint, and screenprint on white wove paper

Image: 75.7 × 60.7 cm (29 13/16 × 23 15/16 in.); Sheet: 92.5 × 71 cm (36 7/16 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Moment Into Eternity II

A Moment Into Eternity II

1982 · Color soft ground etching, aquatint, lithograph, and screenprint on white wove paper

Image: 81 × 61.2 cm (31 15/16 × 24 1/8 in.); Sheet: 97.5 × 71.5 cm (38 7/16 × 28 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Third Dream of Infanta Isabella

Third Dream of Infanta Isabella

1972 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

62 × 75.7 cm (24 7/16 × 29 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pinned-Up Woman

1972 · Collage of synthetic polymer on cut and pasted paper on cardboard

40 1/8 x 30 1/8" (102.0 x 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1969 · Screenprint and collage

composition 30 x 22 1/16" (76.3 x 56 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Memory of the First Monk Immolating Himself in Saigon

In Memory of the First Monk Immolating Himself in Saigon

1968 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 64 × 72.4 cm (25 1/4 × 28 9/16 in.); Sheet: 70.6 × 81.9 cm (27 13/16 × 32 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Dream of the Infanta Isabel

The Dream of the Infanta Isabel

1968 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 62.2 × 71.7 cm (24 1/2 × 28 1/4 in.); Sheet: 75.5 × 82 cm (29 3/4 × 32 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aegean I from Artists and Writers Protest against the War in Vietnam

Aegean I from Artists and Writers Protest against the War in Vietnam

1966 · Lithograph with embossing from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with collage additions, one with die-cut, one with punched holes), six lithographs (one with embossing), and one etching

composition (irreg.): 17 1/2 × 14" (44.5 × 35.5 cm); sheet: 25 3/4 × 21 1/16" (65.4 × 53.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Skies of Venice VII

Skies of Venice VII

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice VI

Skies of Venice VI

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice IV

Skies of Venice IV

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice III

Skies of Venice III

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice II

Skies of Venice II

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice V

Skies of Venice V

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice VIII

Skies of Venice VIII

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice IX

Skies of Venice IX

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice I

Skies of Venice I

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Skies of Venice: Title Page

Skies of Venice: Title Page

1961 · Lithograph on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Hour of the Dog

Hour of the Dog

1961 · Pastel and gouache on paper

68 7/8 x 47 7/8" (175.1 x 121.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Salt II

1960 · Color lithograph on naural Nacre paper

Image: 33.5 × 24.5 cm (13 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 34 cm (17 1/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1960 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 21.5 × 31.8 cm (8 1/2 × 12 9/16 in.); Sheet: 30.9 × 40.8 cm (12 3/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moonface

1960 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 44 × 34.5 cm (17 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 41 cm (19 15/16 × 16 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1960 · Lithograph in dark green-brown and green on natural Nacre paper

Image, max: 30.5 × 23 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 33.4 cm (17 3/8 × 13 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Calligraphy

1960 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 34.5 × 45.5 cm (13 5/8 × 17 15/16 in.); Sheet: 40.8 × 51 cm (16 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

73 published of 122 catalogued · 84 with image

MoMA
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Art Institute Chicago
25 published25 img

Record

Images

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Artsy

In Memory of the First Monk Immolating Himself in Saigon (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

In Memory of the First Monk Immolating Himself in Saigon (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements1

Collections4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Rago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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