Edgar Yaeger Original Graphite and Watercolor on Paper

Item Details

An original graphite and watercolor drawing by well-listed American artist Edgar Yaeger (1904-1997). The drawing depicts a distant view of a bridge, a town and the surrounding hills, through the branches of small trees to the foreground. It is signed 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.

Condition

-drawing is mounted to a backing paper, tape visible at lower right corner

Dimensions

-measures mat, image measures 10.75" wd. × 8.75″ ht.

Item #

16CIN997-740