African Bow Hunter Mid-Century Charcoal Drawing

Details Details Close Description Portrait of an young Hispanic girl by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Signed “Joe Yeager” in the lower right corner. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. There are notes written on verso in pencil. No frame. Joseph “Joe” Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press for seven years, and then worked as the paper’s art director for another seven. In the army, he was a technical research illustrator for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He later moved to Medina, Ohio in 1941 and opened Joe Yeager Industrial Design in 1947. He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art. He studied and painted art in Mexico City in the 1950s. He worked off of engineering drawings provided by numerous manufactures including Ford Motor Company. less DIMENSIONS 22ʺW × 0.03ʺD × 30ʺH STYLES Impressionist FRAME TYPE Unframed ART SUBJECTS Portrait PERIOD 1960s ITEM TYPE Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned MATERIALS PaperWatercolor CONDITION Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections COLOR Brown TEAR SHEET CONDITION NOTES Good Mild tonal ageing to paper, as expected for a piece of this age. See less