Edgar Yaeger Charcoal and Colored Pencil on Vellum Design for a Candle Stick

Item Details

A charcoal, graphite and colored pencil drawing on paper by well-listed American artist Edgar Yaeger (American, 1904-1997). The drawing depicts a design for a plaster candlestick for Alexander Girard of Esling Interior Designers. It is signed in graphite to the lower right. Mounted to foam core with a 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

- toning and creases to the vellum.

Dimensions

-measures mat; visible image 11.5" W x 17" H.

Item #

16CIN997-750