Edgar Yaeger Gouache Portrait on Paper

Item Details

An original gouache painting on paper of a woman’s portrait by well-listed American artist Edgar Yaeger (1904-1997), executed in 1924. The work depicts the half-length portrait of a woman reading. It is rendered in bold brushstrokes in a simple palette of grays. It is signed and dated in graphite to the lower right. Presented in white matting and wrapped in acetate.

Known for his modern abstract style and his WPA murals of the Depression era, Yaeger was influenced by European modernists such as Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso and Giorgio de Chirico. Yaeger’s work has been exhibited at many institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, among others.

Dimensions

- measured mat, visible image measures 7.25" W x 10.25" H.

Item #

16CIN997-330