Edmond J. Fitzgerald Mixed Media Drawings, Circa 1938

Item Details

Edmond James Fitzgerald (American, 1912 – 1989)
Untitled, Circa 1938
Five graphite, ink, and charcoal drawings on transparent and wove paper
Initialed to the lower margin
Some notations to the margins

Provenance
From the artist’s estate.

Renowned for his sea-landscape, landscape, portrait, and genre paintings, Edmond J. Fitzgerald is prolific in a wide range of mediums including oil, watercolor, and charcoal. He is considered active in Washington, Seattle, New York, and Cincinnati. Fitzgerald grew up in the Seattle area, graduated from The California School of Fine Arts, and as a young man participated in a U.S. Geological Survey Expedition to Alaska. He is known for his love of painting the outdoors. A Naval officer during World War II, he later continued many years in the Naval Reserves, with many naval art assignments.

Condition

- heavy toning, creasing, yellowing, and tearing throughout all paper; smudging to charcoal; some water stains; one contains a perforated edge; all paper is fragile and is susceptible to tearing.

Dimensions

- largest measures; smallest measures 17.75" W x 12" H.

Item #

ITMGA18288