Edgar Yaeger Oil Painting "Tree on Display"

Item Details

Edgar Yaeger (American, 1904 – 1997)
Tree on Display, 20th century
Unsigned
Attributed and titled via a label to the verso by an unknown hand

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

- some wear to painting, particularly to perimeter; paint accretions to edges of canvas; accretions and discoloration to verso; some fraying and bunching to loose edges of stretched canvas.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC210-024