On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 20th century / Genre: abstract art

1. "Capture"

Creator:: Ben Langlands, born 1955
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Wood, lacquer, and steel
Dimensions:: Overall: 31 1/8 x 226 3/8 x 114 3/16 inches (79.1 x 575 x 290 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. "Opening"

Creator:: Ben Langlands, born 1955
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Wood, lacquer, and steel
Dimensions:: Overall: 31 1/8 x 226 3/8 x 114 3/16 inches (79.1 x 575 x 290 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. "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

4. "Stop"

Creator:: Glynn Williams, born 1939
Date:: 1988
Materials & Techniques:: Portland stone
Dimensions:: Overall: 15 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (40 x 16.5 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renee & David McKee
On View:: Not on view

5. 11/60

Creator:: John McHale, 1922–1978
Date:: ca. 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and paper collage on canvas
Dimensions:: 59 7/8 x 39 7/8 inches (152.1 x 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
On View:: Not on view

6. 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

7. 1934 (still life)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1934
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 x 15 inches (28.6 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. 1938 (composition)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1938
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on board
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 x 26 3/4 inches (49.8 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 1951 (still life – sweet peas)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and oil on board
Dimensions:: 8 1/16 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. 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

11. 1969 (winter blue)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1969
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on masonite relief
Dimensions:: 32 5/8 x 33 inches (82.9 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 1989 J. 11 (Ursus)

Creator:: John Golding, 1929–2012
Date:: 1989
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on cotton duck
Dimensions:: 64 x 88 inches (162.6 x 223.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by the Friends of British Art at Yale, 1989-90
On View:: Not on view

13. 5.2.67

Creator:: John Hoyland, 1934–2011
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on cotton duck
Dimensions:: 72 x 120 inches (182.9 x 304.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. Abstract in Brown, White, Black and Ochre

Creator:: Victor Pasmore, 1908–1998
Date:: 1956
Materials & Techniques:: Paper collage on board
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 75 inches (52.1 x 190.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Presented by the artist from his retrospective exhibition at the Yale Center in November 1988
On View:: Not on view

15. 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

16. April 1950 (goblets)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1950
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on wood
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 x 19 1/2 inches (40.6 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Louise P. Stanton
On View:: Not on view

17. Arizona Landscape

Creator:: Henry Inlander, 1925–1983
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 44 inches (99.1 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

18. August 1963 (two mugs, one blue)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: August 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Relief painting
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 × 23 7/8 inches (47 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Biolith

Creator:: Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975
Date:: 1948 to 1949
Materials & Techniques:: Blue limestone (Ancaster stone)
Dimensions:: Overall: 47 × 26 1/2 × 15 inches (119.4 × 67.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Virginia Vogel Mattern in memory of her husband, W. Gray Mattern, Yale BA 1946
On View:: Not on view

20. Bird and Egg

Creator:: Henry Moore, 1898–1986
Date:: 1934
Materials & Techniques:: Cumberland alabaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 × 22 × 9 1/4 inches (20.6 × 55.9 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Black Watch

Creator:: John McLean, 1939–2019
Date:: 1987
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 80 x 30 inches (203.2 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Karen Wilkin and Donald Clinton
On View:: Not on view

22. Boats, Tree, Tupanan 17.9.00

Creator:: John Hoyland, 1934–2011
Date:: 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 32 inches (40.6 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

23. Brick Kilns

Creator:: Keith Vaughan, 1912–1977
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on masonite
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (43.8 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

24. Brick Piece 1

Creator:: Phillip King, 1934–2021
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Brick, steel mesh, steel
Dimensions:: Overall: 15 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 11 inches (39.4 x 41.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

25. Brilliant Corners

Creator:: Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 33 x 33 x 2in. (83.8 x 83.8 x 5.1cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia C. Jones
On View:: Not on view

26. Canal No. 31

Creator:: Garth Evans, born 1934
Date:: 1982
Materials & Techniques:: Painted plywood
Dimensions:: Overall: 19 x 21 1/2 x 12 inches (48.3 x 54.6 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift
On View:: Not on view

27. Causeway

Creator:: Kit Barker, 1916–1988
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 20 inches (25.4 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Florence and Maynard Mack
On View:: Not on view

28. Celebration 16.6.97

Creator:: John Hoyland, 1934–2011
Date:: 1997
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

29. Cellist through the Window

Creator:: Norman Black, 1920–1999
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

30. Charon

Creator:: John Golding, 1929–2012
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and mixed media on board
Dimensions:: Overall: 52 1/2 × 43 inches (133.4 × 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the John Golding Artistic Trust, 2017
On View:: Not on view

31. Chinese Flowers

Creator:: Sir Sidney Nolan, 1917–1992
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Ripolin enamel on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 42 3/4 × 37 inches (108.6 × 94 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

32. Cliff Dwellers

Creator:: John Golding, 1929–2012
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and mixed media on board
Dimensions:: Overall: 49 × 73 inches (124.5 × 185.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the John Golding Artistic Trust, 2017
On View:: Not on view

33. Concluding 8

Creator:: Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Liquitex on canvas
Dimensions:: 80 x 69 inches (203.2 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Gladstone
On View:: Not on view

34. Conservatory I / Manon

Creator:: John Walker, born 1939
Date:: 1978-1979
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 80 x 62 inches (203.2 x 157.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

35. Conversation with Fate

Creator:: John Bellany, 1942–2013
Date:: 1989
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 79 x 91 inches (200.7 x 231.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia and Morris Orden, New York
On View:: Not on view

36. Cookie Cutter

Creator:: Richard Smith, 1931–2016
Date:: 1966
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Harvey M. Wagner and Ruth Glesby Wagner
On View:: Not on view

37. Corner Boy

Creator:: Sir Anthony Caro, 1924–2013
Date:: 1956
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 11 1/4 inches (28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

38. 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

39. CV

Creator:: John Golding, 1929–2012
Date:: between 1972 and 1973
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: Overall: 78 × 84 inches (198.1 × 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the John Golding Artistic Trust, 2017
On View:: Not on view

40. Dancing Figures, No. 4

Creator:: Anthony Fry, 1927–2016
Date:: ca. 1957
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 18 inches (35.6 x 45.7 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

41. 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

42. Dark Space

Creator:: Ivon Hitchens, 1893–1979
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 × 52 inches (59.7 × 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joanna W. and Robert A. Martin, Class of 1954
On View:: Not on view

43. Delicious Morsel for the Crocodile

Creator:: Alan Davie, 1920–2014
Date:: 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 60 inches (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Judith Rothschild Foundation in memory of Janet Cowan Bosse
On View:: Not on view

44. Design for Deer Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and chalk on paper
Dimensions:: 11 x 24 inches (27.9 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

45. Design for Tiger Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

Creator:: Charles Ginner, 1878–1952
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on card
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 22 5/8 inches (34.3 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

46. Devil's Chair, 6/18/97

Creator:: John Hoyland, 1934–2011
Date:: 1997
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 16 inches (61 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

47. Devilaya 28.12.77

Creator:: John Hoyland, 1934–2011
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on cotton duck
Dimensions:: 96 x 90 inches (243.8 x 228.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

48. Different Realm, 6/16/96

Creator:: John Hoyland, 1934–2011
Date:: 1996
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

49. Diorama SS 10.67

Creator:: Ian Stephenson, 1934–2000
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and enamel on two canvases
Dimensions:: 66 × 66 inches (167.6 × 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

50. Diorama SS.6.67

Creator:: Ian Stephenson, 1934–2000
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and enamel on two canvases
Dimensions:: 66 × 66 inches (167.6 × 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie
On View:: Not on view

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1. "Capture"

2. "Opening"

3. "Over Here, Over There"

4. "Stop"

5. 11/60

6. 1929 (still life)

7. 1934 (still life)

8. 1938 (composition)

9. 1951 (still life – sweet peas)

10. 1969 (composition)

11. 1969 (winter blue)

12. 1989 J. 11 (Ursus)

13. 5.2.67

14. Abstract in Brown, White, Black and Ochre

15. Apotheosis

16. April 1950 (goblets)

17. Arizona Landscape

18. August 1963 (two mugs, one blue)

19. Biolith

20. Bird and Egg

21. Black Watch

22. Boats, Tree, Tupanan 17.9.00

23. Brick Kilns

24. Brick Piece 1

25. Brilliant Corners

26. Canal No. 31

27. Causeway

28. Celebration 16.6.97

29. Cellist through the Window

30. Charon

31. Chinese Flowers

32. Cliff Dwellers

33. Concluding 8

34. Conservatory I / Manon

35. Conversation with Fate

36. Cookie Cutter

37. Corner Boy

38. Crown

39. CV

40. Dancing Figures, No. 4

41. Dark Forest

42. Dark Space

43. Delicious Morsel for the Crocodile

44. Design for Deer Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

45. Design for Tiger Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

46. Devil's Chair, 6/18/97

47. Devilaya 28.12.77

48. Different Realm, 6/16/96

49. Diorama SS 10.67

50. Diorama SS.6.67