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Reference Library 13,320
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Sotheby's (Firm) 157
Christie, Manson & Woods 132
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 50
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 27
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 21
Hockney, David, born 1937 21
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 20
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 18
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 18
Public Catalogue Foundation 18
Yale Center for British Art 18
Christie's South Kensington, Ltd 16
Gormley, Antony, Sir, born 1950 16
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941 15
Hodgkin, Howard, Sir, 1932–2017 15
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 15
Mowl, Tim 14
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 13
Bryant, Julius 13
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 13
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 13
Blake, William, 1757–1827 12
Richard Green (Gallery : London, England) 12
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 12
Deacon, Richard, 1949– 11
Scully, Sean, 1945– 11
Dean, Tacita, 1965– 10
Doig, Peter, 1959– 10
Hoyland, John, 1934–2011 10

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Accessible in the Reference Library 13,320
Accessible in the Study Room 16

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Under Certain Circumstances 13,320

Image Available

unavailable 13,320

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New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 189

Classification

Books 13,320

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21st century 13,320

20th century 113
19th century 19
18th century 4

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exhibition catalog 746
history 443
auction catalog 237
criticism, interpretation, etc 172
catalog 162
biographie 94
exhibition catalogue 92
biography 71
pictorial work 65
art 41
guidebook 39
interview 38
illustrated work 33
catalogues d'exposition 29
conference papers and proceeding 22
catalogues raisonné 21
portrait 18
handbooks and manual 15
exhibition, pictorial work 12
price list 12
ausstellung 9
case studie 8
catalogs (documents) 8
dictionarie 8
notebooks, sketchbooks, etc 8
source 8
bibliography 7
personal correspondence 7
photobook 7
artists' book 6

Genre

Subject Terms

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 638
Rare books -- Catalogs. 459
Art, British -- Catalogs. 376
Great Britain. 376
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 354
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 310
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 284
Furniture -- Catalogs. 281
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 224
Auction catalogs. 204
Silver -- Catalogs. 192
Art -- Catalogs. 180
Ceramics -- Catalogs. 157
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 154
England. 150
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 122
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 121
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 116
Maps -- Catalogs. 110
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 97
Painting, Irish -- Catalogs. 89
Art, European -- Catalogs. 85
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 85
Art, British. 79
Prints, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 77
Photography, Artistic. 76
England -- London. 75
Prints, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 71
Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. 68
Painting, Modern -- Catalogs. 68

Subject Period

20th century 1,907
19th century 1,044
18th century 532
21st century 288
17th century 193
16th century 118
15th century 12
17th-18th centuries 6
Geschichte 4
11th century 2
14th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
20th centuy 1
England 1
Great Britain 1
India 1
London 1
New York (State) 1
South America 1
Spain 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 1,794
England 1,163
London 220
Europe 163
United States 153
Ireland 137
Scotland 137
London (England) 133
Australia 91
India 82
England London 77
Canada 48
Italy 45
France 42
Wales 40
Middle East 31
New York (State) 25
Connecticut 24
New Haven 24
Germany 22
New York 20
Edinburgh 16
Venice (Italy) 16
Groebritannien 15
California 12
Jamaica 12
Egypt 11
Netherlands 11
America 10
Caribbean Area 10

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 127
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 67
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 62
Blake, William, 1757–1827 59
Constable, John, 1776–1837 51
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 50
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 45
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 43
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 41
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 39
Morris, William, 1834–1896 37
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 36
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 35
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 35
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 35
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 30
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 27
Gormley, Antony, Sir, born 1950 26
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 24
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 24
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 23
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 23
Scully, Sean, 1945– 22
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 21
Hodgkin, Howard, Sir, 1932–2017 21
Rego, Paula, Dame, 1935–2022 21
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946 19
Paolozzi, Eduardo, Sir, 1924–2005 18

Exhibition History

Credit Line

22619545340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jessica Helfand, Yale BA 1982, MFA 1989 1
22633615320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist 1
22667650850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22681489460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the author 1
22681603200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22681603220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22722767380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22731449190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22773882670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jason Bacon, Yale BA 1956 1
22783628090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22783645070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22859011880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the publisher 1
22894681760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of The Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation 1
22911349380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22959467040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22981297700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Angus Trumble 1

Language

English 12,874
French 143
German 106
Italian 58
Spanish 34
Japanese 13
Dutch 12
Multiple languages 9
Chinese 7
Portuguese 6
Russian 5
Undetermined 4
Estonian 3
Swedish 3
Dakota 2
Hungarian 2
Polish 2
Welsh 2
Catalan 1
Croatian 1
Danish 1
Greek, Modern (1453- ) 1
Hebrew 1
Slovak 1

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Collection: Reference Library Collection: Reference Library
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

The letters of Thomas Gainsborough

2001
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis,... [Read more]

[2013]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

2012
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2006
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2002
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2019
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable

[2015]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable's clouds

c2000
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable's skies

2004
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear's nonsense birds

[2013]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Les écrits de Sir Joshua Reynolds

[2015]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds

2000
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's modern world

2020
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

England's eye witness

[2017]
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Turner, J. M. W. (James Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

[2000?]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

2007
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner e l'Italia

[2008]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

The 'Wilson' sketchbook

2020
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's last sketchbook

[2024]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Venice

2014
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Tours of Durham and Richmondshire

c2006
Accessible in the Reference Library
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Conversations with Turner

2019
Accessible in the Reference Library
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

2016
Accessible in the Reference Library
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's secret sketches

2012
Accessible in the Reference Library
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner and the elements

c2011
Accessible in the Reference Library
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

2018
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake in Sussex

2018
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

[2014]
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Seen in my visions

2009
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

[2020]
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Libros proféticos

2013-
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The divine comedy, William Blake = William Blake, Die Göttliche Komödie =... [Read more]

c2000
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

2014
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake's Divine comedy illustrations

2008
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Genesis

c2012
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Selected poetry and prose

c2000
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

c2000
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake's watercolour inventions in illustration of The... [Read more]

2009
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Charles Holme

Early English Portrait Miniatures in the collection of the Duke of Buggleugh
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Collections, content, and the Web

[2000]
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G. C. Williamson

Portrait Miniatures
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Mark Evans

Renaissance Watercolours from Durer to Van Dyke
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Basil Taylor

Stubbs
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Maids & mistresses

[2004]
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Faroult, Guillaume

Turner et ses peintres

2010
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Modern British and Irish art including works from the Studio of Russell Sidney... [Read more]

2004
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On the paths of enlightenment

2017
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Post-war and contemporary art

2015
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Ryskamp, Charles

Of cabbages and kings

2004
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Howarth, Jeremy

The Steenwyck family as masters of perspective

c2009
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Sylvester, David

Interviews with Francis Bacon

2002, c1987
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Unpopular culture

c2008
Accessible in the Reference Library
Fredericksen, Andrea

Vanishing point

c2004
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Association of Art Museum Directors

Professional practices in art museums

c2001
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Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877

William Henry Fox Talbot

c2002
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Contemporary art

2007
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Denison, Edward

The life of the British home

2012
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Aardman Animations

2020
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Provenance Royale

2004
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The Irish sale

2001
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Interiors

2008
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Post-war and contemporary art

2011
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Robinson, Tim

William Roxburgh

2008
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Paintings and drawings from the studio of the late robert Lenkiewiczi

2003
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Raulff, Ulrich, 1950–

Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde

[2015]
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Hanson, Craig Ashley

The English virtuoso

2009
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Spencer-Longhurst, Paul

The Blue Bower

c2000
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Hockney, David, born 1937

Secret knowledge

c 2001
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VOLTAshow02

2006
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Raphael, portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lot 91) of Important old master & British... [Read more]

2007
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Ormond, Leonée

G.F. Watts

2012
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Wakita, Osamu A

The professional practice of architectural working drawings

2012
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The opulent eye

2012
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Next practices in art museum education

[2014]
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Impressionist / modern

2011
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Farrant, John Howard

The drawings of Herstmonceaux Castle by James Lambert, senior and junior,... [Read more]
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Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds

2012
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Prophetic character

c2002
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Gault, Annabel, 1952–

Annabel Gault

2006
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Travel and natural history including modern Australian paintings

2005
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Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc

Impressionist & modern art

[2016]
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Strong, Roy C

The artist & the garden

c2000
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Jem Southam

2007
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Preserving Aboriginal Heritage, Technical and Traditional Approaches (2007 : Ottawa, Ont.)

Preserving Aboriginal Heritage, Technical and Traditional Approaches

2008
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Bowness, Sophie

Barbara Hepworth

2017
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Baker, Audrey, 1908–

English panel paintings, 1400-1508

2011
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Printed books, maps, manuscripts and photographs

2010
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Brown, Ford Madox, 1821–1893

Ford Madox Brown

2008
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Gordenker, Emilie E. S

Van Dyck and the representation of dress in seventeenth-century... [Read more]

c2001
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Spike, John T

Caravaggio connoisseurship

c2014

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