The Graveyard of the Cathedrals

Adja Yunkers (1900-1983)

Date

1953
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Woodcut
Dimensions

Image: 37 7/8 x 22 11/16 in.
Sheet: 38 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.
Edition

unknown
Inscriptions

Recto:
titled l.l. in graphite below image: Graveyard of Cathedrals
signed and dated in graphite l.r. below image: A Yunkers 53
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

2006.12
Copyright

© 1953 Dore Ashton

Modern Masters of the Woodcut

November 8, 2014–January 18, 2015

This exhibition showcases the evolution of the woodcut, proving that while the methodology of woodblock printing is not much changed over the last century, the pliant medium is capable of bold new forms of artistic expression.
Culture Shock: American Artists from Europe, 1913–1953

March 14–September 6, 2020

See American art through international eyes. From experimental abstractions to politically charged themes, this exhibition brings together nearly forty prints and drawings created by artists who immigrated to America from Europe during the first half of the twentieth century.

Location: Off view

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