Artist Monograph

Adja Yunkers, American

American, born Latvia. 1900–1983

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	23	46.9%
Woodcut	20	40.8%
Gouache	2	4.1%
Screenprint	2	4.1%
Collage	1	2%
Etching	1	2%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Print — 45
Drawing — 3
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	37	97.4%
Large (1–3 m)	1	2.6%

Range: 30.7 cm → 174.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	1
1949	1
1950	1
1952	7
1953	1
1954	9
1956	1
1962	1
1963	1
1967	12
1969	11
1974	2
1984	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 49 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Black Candle in a Blue Room Drawing Acc. 16.1940	1939	Gouache on paper	18 7/8 x 13 3/8" (48 x 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Blue Children Print Acc. 70.1984	1942	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 13 9/16 x 10 1/4" (34.4 x 26 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 x 12 3/8" (42 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Bequest to Sir Randal Heymanson by the late Margareta Akermark and donated by him to The Museum of Modern Art
Dead Bird Print Acc. 522.1949	1947	Woodcut	composition: 17 × 19 1/4" (43.2 × 48.9 cm); sheet: 20 1/8 × 25 1/4" (51.1 × 64.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Succubae (plate 2) from Prints in the Desert Print Acc. 316.1950.2	1950	Woodcut from an illustrated book with one lithograph, two woodcuts and one monospray	composition (irreg.): 16 1/8 x 7 3/8" (41 x 18.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 x 8 3/16" (42 x 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
City Lights Print Acc. 326.1952.5	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 6 1/16 x 12 1/16" (15.4 x 30.7 cm); sheet: 6 5/8 x 12 3/8" (16.8 x 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Head of a Traveller Print Acc. 326.1952.3	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 13 9/16 x 9 5/16" (34.5 x 23.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 1/4 x 9 1/2" (36.2 x 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Las Lolitas Print Acc. 60.1953	1952	Woodcut	composition: 14 5/8 x 12 3/16" (37.2 x 31 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8" (41.5 x 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Miss Ever-Ready Print Acc. 326.1952.2	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 18 5/16 x 9 5/8" (46.5 x 24.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 5/8 x 12 3/4" (49.8 x 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Miss Ever-Ready, no. 1 Print Acc. 325.1952	1952	Woodcut	composition: 18 3/8 x 9 3/4" (46.6 x 24.8 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 12 1/16" (50.1 x 30.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Rio Grande Graphics Portfolio Print Acc. 326.1952.1-5	1952	Portfolio of five woodcuts	see child records ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Birdlover Print Acc. 208.1954	1952	Woodcut	composition: 14 13/16 x 11 1/8" (37.7 x 28.3 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 15 11/16" (50.9 x 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Three Personages Print Acc. 326.1952.1	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 15 7/16 x 11 3/8" (39.2 x 28.9 cm); sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 3/8" (42.9 x 28.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Print Acc. 326.1952.4	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Gathering of the Clans Print Acc. 391.1956	1953	Woodcut	composition: 19 × 13 11/16" (48.2 × 34.7 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 15 13/16" (57.2 × 40.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George Braziller
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.1	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.2	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.3	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.4	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.5	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.6	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.7	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
BIRDLOVER Print Acc. 491.1954.1-7	1954	2 blocks and 5 color separations for the woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the International Graphic Arts Society
Calligraphy Print Acc. 788.1967	1960	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 14 1/16 × 18 1/16" (35.7 × 45.9 cm); sheet: 16 × 20" (40.6 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Composition I Print Acc. 786.1967	1960	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 13/16 × 12 1/2" (45.2 × 31.7 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 7/16" (61.3 × 46.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Composition II Print Acc. 787.1967	1960	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 10 3/8" (33.7 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 1/16" (43.8 × 33.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
I for the unpublished book Salt Print Acc. 784.1967.1	1960	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 15 3/16 × 10 7/8" (38.6 × 27.6 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 3/16" (43.8 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
I fromSkies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.2	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs (including title page)	composition (slightly irreg.): 21 1/2 × 31 1/8" (54.7 × 79 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 41 1/2" (75 × 105.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
II for the unpublished book Salt Print Acc. 784.1967.2	1960	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 13 7/16 × 10 3/16" (34.1 × 25.8 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 3/16" (43.8 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
II fromSkies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.3	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs (including title page)	composition (slightly irreg.): 18 7/16 × 31 9/16" (46.9 × 80.2 cm); sheet: 29 3/16 × 41 1/4" (74.2 × 104.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
III for the unpublished book Salt Print Acc. 784.1967.3	1960	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 12 11/16 × 9" (32.2 × 22.9 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 3/16" (43.8 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
III fromSkies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.4	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 20 15/16 × 27 1/4" (53.2 × 69.3 cm); sheet: 41 1/4 × 29 1/4" (104.7 × 74.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
In-text plate (folio 24) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.21	1960	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 14 × 12 1/16" (35.5 × 30.7 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes
IV for the unpublished book Salt Print Acc. 784.1967.4	1960	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 13" (43.1 × 33 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 3/16" (43.8 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
IV from the series Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.5	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 31 3/8 × 18 15/16" (79.6 × 48.1 cm); sheet: 41 1/4 × 29 1/16" (104.7 × 73.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
IX from the series Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.10	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 18 5/8 × 27 3/16" (47.3 × 69.1 cm); sheet: 29 5/16 × 41 1/4" (74.4 × 104.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Little Landscape Print Acc. 790.1967	1960	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 8 9/16 × 12 9/16" (21.7 × 31.9 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 × 16" (30.8 × 40.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Moonface Print Acc. 789.1967	1960	Lithograph	composition (slightly irreg.): 17 3/8 × 13 7/8" (44.1 × 35.2 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 × 16" (50.9 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Plates for the unpublished book Salt Print Acc. 784.1967.1-5	1960	Series of five lithographs	various composition dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 17 1/4 × 13 3/16" (43.8 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.1-10	1960	Series of ten lithographs (including title page)	various composition and sheet dimensions ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Title page fromSkies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.1	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs (including title page)	composition (irreg.): 9 1/16 × 13 7/16" (23 × 34.2 cm); sheet: 41 5/16 × 29 3/16" (105 × 74.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
V for the unpublished book Salt Print Acc. 784.1967.5	1960	One from a series of five lithographs	composition and sheet: 17 3/8 × 13" (44.2 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
V from the series Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.6	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 17 9/16 × 26 15/16" (44.7 × 68.4 cm); sheet: 41 × 29 3/16" (104.2 × 74.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
VI from the series Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.7	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (slightly irreg.): 16 15/16 × 30 3/4" (43.1 × 78.2 cm); sheet: 29 3/8 × 41 5/16" (74.7 × 104.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
VII from the series Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.8	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 × 32 7/8" (40.7 × 83.5 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 41 3/16" (74 × 104.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
VIII from the series Skies of Venice Print Acc. 785.1967.9	1960	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 22 1/16 × 31 5/16" (56 × 79.5 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 41 1/4" (74.9 × 104.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Hour of the Dog Drawing Acc. 102.1962	1961	Pastel and gouache on paper	68 7/8 x 47 7/8" (175.1 x 121.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist through the Ford Foundation Purchase Program
Aegean I from Artists and Writers Protest against the War in Vietnam Print Acc. 2350.1967.16	1966, published 1967	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Aegean VIII Print Acc. 278.1974	1969	Screenprint and collage	composition 30 x 22 1/16" (76.3 x 56 cm) sheet 33 15/16 x 25 15/16" (86.2 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of C&D Editions
The Pinned-Up Woman Drawing Acc. 306.1974	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James T. Wallis