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Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

American, 1892-1958

Joseph "Joe" Yeager 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. Yeager 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.

(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)

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Artist: Joseph Yeager
Mid-Century Campbell s Soup Ad - Hand Drawn Mock-Up
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Campbell's Soup Ad - Hand Drawn Mock-Up Colorful mock-up for a campbell's soup advertisement by Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century.) A bowl of soup rests on a t...
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1960s Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Mid-Century Campbell s Soup Ad - Hand Drawn Mock-Up
Mid-Century Campbell s Soup Ad - Hand Drawn Mock-Up

Joseph Yeager
Mid-Century Campbell s Soup Ad - Hand Drawn Mock-Up, Mid 20th Century

$850
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated nude figure study by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges and is unfinished. 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...
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1960s American Impressionist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished)
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished)

Joseph Yeager
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished), mid-1950s

$1,150
Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an elegant woman by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece...
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1960s American Impressionist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)
Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)

Joseph Yeager
Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished), c.mid-1950s

$1,150
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Graceful depiction of seated nude female figure by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Joseph Yeager works directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. 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...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor

Joseph Yeager
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor, c. 1940s-1950s

$1,650
Portrait of an Art Student with Brooch, Mid Century Figurative Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant portrait of an art student at work by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. 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...
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1960s American Impressionist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of an Art Student with Brooch, Mid Century Figurative Watercolor
Portrait of an Art Student with Brooch, Mid Century Figurative Watercolor

Joseph Yeager
Portrait of an Art Student with Brooch, Mid Century Figurative Watercolor, mid-1960s

$1,550
Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century landscape watercolor with a tall, stately tree in the foreground, its many forking branches depicted with exceptional detail, and a verdant background of rollin...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished)
Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished)

Joseph Yeager
Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished), c.1940s-1950s

$875
Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century watercolor landscape of a cottage in the woods, executed with phenomenal attention to detail, by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor
Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor

Joseph Yeager
Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor, c.1940s-1950s

$1,475
"Estudiante" - Portrait of a Mexican Girl
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Mexican girl in church by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in th...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Estudiante" - Portrait of a Mexican Girl
"Estudiante" - Portrait of a Mexican Girl

Joseph Yeager
"Estudiante" - Portrait of a Mexican Girl, circa 1940s-1950s

$700 Sale Price
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Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a young Mexican girl by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. This piece is on hea...
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1960s American Impressionist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl

Joseph Yeager
Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl, c.mid-1950s

$1,350
Stone Monument to a Forest Cabin, Mid-Century Landscape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Stone Monument, a mid-century landscape by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. No frame. Unfinished, unsigned work. Estate of Joseph Yeager on Verso. 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...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Stone Monument to a Forest Cabin, Mid-Century Landscape
Stone Monument to a Forest Cabin, Mid-Century Landscape

Joseph Yeager
Stone Monument to a Forest Cabin, Mid-Century Landscape, c.1940s-1950s

$875
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape of waves crashing against a large rock by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape

Joseph Yeager
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape, c.1940s-1950s

$875
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H 22.5 in W 30.25 in D 0.03 in
Cacti on a Mexican Street - Midcentury Figurative Landscape
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Beautiful figurative landscape of cacti in a city street in Mexico by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in ...
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Cacti on a Mexican Street - Midcentury Figurative Landscape

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Mexican Street Scene Landscape (Unfinished)
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Scene of a city street in Mexico by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. This piece is partially unfinished and unsigned, but was ...
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Mexican Street Scene Landscape (Unfinished)
Mexican Street Scene Landscape (Unfinished)

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Morehead City Docks, North Carolina
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1950s American Realist Joseph Yeager Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Morehead City Docks, North Carolina
Morehead City Docks, North Carolina

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H 28.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.5 in

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