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Ynez Johnston
Travels of the Sage Narada

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Vertical color etching with loosely rendered buildings, vegetation, and text reading 'Travels of the Sage Narada' in earthy browns, greens, and mustard yellow
Mixed-media abstract composition with gestural marks in ochre, blue, grey, and black over a white ground. A handwritten list titled "CONTENTS" on the right names fourteen items in printed lettering. Fragmented architectural forms, schematic figures, and dense cross-hatched marks fill the surface with layered, expressive linework.
Mixed-media composition dominated by muted purples and grays, with dense black linear marks, abstract figures, and architectural fragments scattered across the surface. Handwritten English text at upper left reads "The Austere Ones" followed by several lines of verse. Small patches of orange and red punctuate the layered, gestural marks.
Mixed-media composition with loose, gestural marks in ochre, brown, olive green, and black on a gray ground. Schematic figures, architectural forms, and scattered symbols spread across the surface. Handwritten text blocks appear at upper center and left. Title lettering reads "Travels of the Sage Narada" along the top edge.
Mixed-media work on paper with warm ochre and rust tones, combining loose gestural line drawings of abstracted figures and landscapes with multiple blocks of handwritten and typed English text, including the title "ODYSSEIAS" at top center.
Mixed-media work combining loose gestural drawing and painted collage. Architectural sketches of towers and structures in blue and ochre fill the composition, with the word "MOHENJODARO" lettered at upper left. Handwritten verse in English covers the right side against orange-yellow patches. Black chalk or charcoal linework overlays washes of blue, green, and amber.
Mixed-media work on paper with muted greens, blues, ochre, and rust tones, combining gestural mark-making, schematic figures, and handwritten text blocks reading "LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES" and a verse about two herons in a blue field.
Mixed-media work combining dense handwritten and printed English text in multiple columns with expressionistic painted and drawn figures along the top and sides, in warm ochres, browns, and black on textured paper with visible layering.
Mixed-media painting with dense, gestural marks in earthy oranges, browns, and olive greens. Abstract figures and fragmented forms fill the composition. Hand-lettered text in yellow across the top reads "To An Unforgiving Bastard," with additional handwritten prose passages scattered across a dark upper portion.
Mixed-media print on textured paper with hand-lettered text reading 'THE GOLDFINCH MOTIF' and a multi-line poem, surrounded by schematic figures, birds, and abstract forms in ochre, black, and green on a cream ground.
Mixed-media print with handwritten text reading 'THE RED SEA' at top and a multi-line passage about a swallow in the center. Dark charcoal, yellow, orange, and brown tones surround loosely drawn figures, buildings, and a cityscape at bottom. Bold, rough lettering integrated throughout the composition.
Mixed-media print with dense, layered abstract marks in black, ochre, brown, and muted green. The word "PHOTO" appears in the upper right alongside handwritten English text listing family relationships. Energetic gestural lines and fragmented figurative elements fill the composition.
Mixed-media print in rust red and gray on pale ground, with a central dark rectangular shape bearing the handwritten text "FOG, TAIWAN / TWO WARM PERSONS HEARD / SEA-HORNS." Loose gestural figures and abstract marks fill the lower portion, with red brushstrokes and splatters throughout.
Mixed-media print with gestural black marks, abstract figures, and muted earth tones on cream ground; handwritten narrative text in three rectangular panels along the bottom edge reads a prose poem about a madman in snowy woods; expressive mark-making with smudged passages and layered color washes.
Mixed-media work combining loose ink drawing, washes of pink, ochre, and grey, and handwritten text passages. Upper area reads 'SALAAM TO KRISHNA FLUTING' in bold lettering above a sketched village or market scene with a yellow sun. Two blocks of handwritten text in English are collaged or inscribed at center and lower right, with expressive gestural marks throughout.
Color print with dense, layered landscape in dark greens, purples, and yellows, filled with loosely drawn trees, structures, and fragmented forms. Handwritten text in the lower portion reads: "The Other World / I touched the beautiful blue nodule of sleep / The sapphire handle on the trapdoor / in the ocean floor / So far down, how many can sink there? / Merely to touch it is to enter."
Artist or Maker
Ynez Johnston
Title
Travels of the Sage Narada
Place Made
United States
Medium
Color etching
Dimensions
Closed: 23 × 18 × 1 in. (58.42 × 45.72 × 2.54 cm) Sheet (each): 19 3/8 × 16 in. (49.21 × 40.64 cm) Image (each): 12 × 10 1/2 in. (30.48 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
61.35.1-.16
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings