Sestina II

1958
(American, 1900–1983)
Framed: 168.2 x 121.9 cm (66 1/4 x 48 in.)
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Location: not on view

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Adja Yunkers revolutionized the medium of pastel in the 1950s with gestural strokes of color that emphasized pastel’s painterly qualities, presented on an unprecedented scale. Sestina II refers to a type of sung poetry common in Italy and France in the 1500s and 1600s and associated with troubadours. Yunkers’s composition may be more concerned with capturing the romantic spirit of the poetry than its rigid structure.
Sestina II

Sestina II

1958

Adja Yunkers

(American, 1900–1983)
America, 20th century

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