Edgar Yaeger Oil Painting

Item Details

Edgar Louis Yaeger (American, 1904 – 1997)
Untitled, 1959
Oil on canvas
Signed in paint to lower left
Includes a catalog from the Cincinnati Art Galleries

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; toning to canvas; craquelure present to upper right and lower right of painting; dust present to painting surface; heavy fraying to canvas edges; staining to canvas verso.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC210-014