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Miss Ever Ready

Adja Yunkers

Miss Ever Ready

1952

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Miss Ever Ready

Adja Yunkers

Miss Ever Ready

Adja Yunkers

Miss Ever Ready

1952

Physical Qualities Color woodcut, Sheet: 498 × 289 mm. (19 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.) Image: 468 × 245 mm. (18 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Bob and Barbara Jameson and Family
Object Number 2005.224
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jameson, Aberdeen, Maryland, purchased from G.W. Einstein

Inscribed: lower left in block: "AAY"; lower left in graphite: "Miss Ever Ready"; lower right in graphite: "62/225"

Artist

Adja Yunkers

American, born Sweden, 1900-1983

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BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
PRAISE TO THE END!
Adja Yunkers, Theodore Roethke, and others
Praise to the End!
1960
Head of a Traveler
Adja Yunkers and Ted Gotthelf, Rio Grande Graphics
Head of a Traveler
1952
SHE WHO IS ILL WED NEVER MISSES A CHANCE TO SAY SO
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
She who is ill wed never misses a chance to say so
1815-1824, printed 1864
Christmas Card
Adja Yunkers
Christmas Card
Before 1948
A GOOD HUSBAND. - A TOTAL OF 27 FR. 50 CTS. - VERY GOOD. TAKE THE BILL TO MY WIFE WHO'LL PAY YOU... - (THIS RIGHT BEGGAR MACAIRE ISN'T HALF CONTENT TO HAVE A WIFE TO PAY HIS DEBTS!)... - YES, I'VE AN EXCELLENT WIFE WHO WORKS LIKE A SLAVE, DEPRIVES HERSELF OF EVERYTHING, WHO SACRIFICES HER LIFE FOR ME... A WIFE WHO ADORES ME. BUT I'M NOT UNGRATEFUL. SHE ALREADY HAS EIGHT CHILDREN AND I'D LIKE HER TO HAVE TWELVE... - (BERTRAND) THERE'S A HAPPY WOMA
Honoré Daumier
A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
1837
Christmas Card
Adja Yunkers
Christmas Card
n.d.
GREAT EXHIBITION... OF INDUSTRY AND CONTEMPORARY JOKES. ENTER AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF! EVERYTHING IS ARRANGED AND READY: THE PANCAKE OF THE COURTS GOOD FOR DIGESTION (TO THE SIDE: AND DIFFICULT TO DIGEST). THE MASTER-THIEF WHO CATCHES ALL!! (SAVE FOR HIS SHADOW). LIQUID BITUMEN! (EXACTLY). MEN'S SHIRTS FOR THE USE OF LITTLE CHILDREN. THE MARVELLOUS INDESTRUCTIBLE HATS (THAT MELT IN THE SUN AND DISSOLVE IN THE RAIN). DROMEDAR CREAM IN GREAT DEMAND
Honoré Daumier
Great Exhibition... of Industry and Contemporary Jokes. Enter and judge for yourself! Everything is arranged and ready: The pancake of the courts good for digestion (To the side: and difficult to digest). The Master-thief who catches all!! (save for his shadow). Liquid bitumen! (exactly). Men's shirts for the use of little children. The marvellous indestructible hats (that melt in the sun and dissolve in the rain). Dromedar cream in great demand (by fools). English beer with lots of froth (like in the newspapers). Simpleton's sublime, the classic coal of Saint Pétrain that one can put to the test (at any time).
1839
UNTITLED
Adja Yunkers
Untitled
1957
CLEANING ON THE STREET. - LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU CRETIN!! EVERY TIME I GO TO THE OFFICE I HAVE TO PASS BY HERE!... YOU HAVE ALREADY RUINED THREE SUITS, YOU THIEF!
Honoré Daumier
Cleaning on the Street. - Leave me alone, you cretin!! Every time I go to the office I have to pass by here!... you have already ruined three suits, you thief!
1839
SUMMER IN VENICE
Adja Yunkers
Summer in Venice
1966
MISS KARMA
SHAN Wallace
Miss Karma
2020, printed 2021