Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / On-site Access: Not on view / Exhibition History: 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: abstract art / Classification: Paintings

1. 1969 (composition)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1969
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on masonite relief
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches (62.2 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Solomon A. Smith II, Solomon Byron Smith and Barbara Neff Smith Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. September 1960 (wood)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on plywood
Dimensions:: 13 x 16 15/16 inches (33 x 43 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1948
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas, laid on board
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (80.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. May 1955 (Gwithian)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1955
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches (106 x 106 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 1929 (still life)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1929, reworked 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches (67.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Mineral Objects

Creator:: Paul Nash, 1889–1946
Date:: 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (50.2 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. Apotheosis

Creator:: Sir Sidney Nolan, 1917–1992
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Gynæcology Chair

Creator:: Julie Roberts, born 1963
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

9. Red Circle

Creator:: Sandra Blow, 1925–2006
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Mixed media on board
Dimensions:: 54 x 48 inches (137.2 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Carl Djerassi in homage to Diane Wood Middlebrook, Yale PhD 1968
On View:: Not on view

10. "Over Here, Over There"

Creator:: Robyn Denny, 1930–2014
Date:: 1982 to 1983
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 x 78 inches (243.8 x 198.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Collection of Doreen Gehry Nelson
On View:: Not on view

11. Painting, Summer 1963

Creator:: Roger Hilton, 1911–1975
Date:: 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 1/2 x 64 1/4 inches (141 x 163.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Penwith

Creator:: Peter Lanyon, 1918–1964
Date:: 1948
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches (21.6 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
On View:: Not on view

13. Transformation of Red

Creator:: John Tunnard, 1900–1971
Date:: 1939
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 13 3/4 x 26 inches (34.9 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. Pink Eyes

Creator:: John McHale, 1922–1978
Date:: 1959
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and paper collage on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 40 inches (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
On View:: Not on view

15. Dark Forest

Creator:: Ivon Hitchens, 1893–1979
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 52 inches (53.3 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Souvenir of Florence

Creator:: Paul Nash, 1889–1946
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 17 1/4 inches (68.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. John MacLeod

Creator:: Wyndham Lewis, 1882–1957
Date:: 1938
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

18. Two Menhirs

Creator:: Bryan Wynter, 1915–1975
Date:: ca. 1950
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (39.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
On View:: Not on view

19. Forecast

Creator:: John Tunnard, 1900–1971
Date:: 1945
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on gesso-prepared board
Dimensions:: 24 x 22 3/4 inches (61 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. Flighted Ones

Creator:: Gillian Ayres, 1930–2018
Date:: 1995
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 1/16 x 84 inches (244 x 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. Work in Progress

Creator:: Stanley William Hayter, 1901–1988
Date:: 1936
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and casein on panel
Dimensions:: 66 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches (169.5 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

22. Crown

Creator:: Bernard Cohen, born 1933
Date:: 1964
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Terrence D. Curley in Memory of Olga M. Waisanen
On View:: Not on view

23. Zikkurat 4, Spectrum

Creator:: Joe Tilson, 1928–2023
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and acrylic on wood relief
Dimensions:: 85 3/4 x 85 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (217.8 x 217.8 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. For Hannah (Juggernaut Series)

Creator:: John Walker, born 1939
Date:: 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 120 x 93 inches (304.8 x 236.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony and Madeleine Carter
On View:: Not on view

25. Study for Oceania

Creator:: John Walker, born 1939
Date:: 1982
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 84 inches (152.4 x 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony and Madeleine Carter
On View:: Not on view

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1. 1969 (composition)

2. September 1960 (wood)

3. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

4. May 1955 (Gwithian)

5. 1929 (still life)

6. Mineral Objects

7. Apotheosis

8. Gynæcology Chair

9. Red Circle

10. "Over Here, Over There"

11. Painting, Summer 1963

12. Penwith

13. Transformation of Red

14. Pink Eyes

15. Dark Forest

16. Souvenir of Florence

17. John MacLeod

18. Two Menhirs

19. Forecast

20. Flighted Ones

21. Work in Progress

22. Crown

23. Zikkurat 4, Spectrum

24. For Hannah (Juggernaut Series)

25. Study for Oceania