Adja Yunkers

Portrait of Dore
1962

A bronze abstract sculpture with a rough texture, featuring an irregularly shaped head atop a tapered base, displayed on a white pedestal against a light background. The head portion has a prominent hollowed-out section resembling a facial cavity.
A bronze abstract sculpture with a rough texture, featuring an irregularly shaped head atop a tapered base, displayed on a white pedestal against a light background. The head portion has a prominent hollowed-out section resembling a facial cavity.

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Date
1962

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 24 7/8 × 7 5/8 × 8 5/8in. (63.2 × 19.4 × 21.9 cm)

Accession number
73.87

Edition
3 editions; 2 collection of the artist [per a 1974 object questionnaire]

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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