Edgar Yaeger Oil Painting
Item Details
Edgar Yaeger (American; 1904-1997)
Untitled, dated 1984
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower left
Unframed
An oil painting on canvas of a female figure by Edgar Yaeger (American; 1904-1997), dated 1984. This painting depicts a woman in a purple bodysuit contrasted against a bright orange sheet hung on the wall. The artist’s signature is present to the lower left corner of the painting. This piece is presented as stretched canvas.
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
- to fair; wear to edges of canvas; fraying to canvas edges; surface wear present to painting; loss of paint along edges of painting; dust and accretions present to front and verso of painting.
Dimensions
Item #
16CIN997-1470
