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Paintings and Sculpture 48

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Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 16
Andrews, Michael, 1928–1995 2
Armitage, Kenneth, 1916–2002 2
Butler, Reg, 1913–1981 2
Fry, Anthony, 1927–2016 2
John, Gwen, 1876–1939 2
Paul, Celia, born 1959 2
Wood, Tom, born 1955 2
Auerbach, Frank, 1931–2024 1
Ayrton, Michael, 1921–1975 1
Chadwick, Lynn, 1914–2003 1
Furse, Roger, 1903–1972 1
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 1
John, Augustus Edwin, 1878–1961 1
Jones, Lucy, born 1955 1
Kirby, John, born 1949 1
Kossoff, Leon, 1926–2019 1
Lowry, Laurence Stephen, 1887–1976 1
Munnings, Alfred J. (Alfred James), Sir, 1878–1959 1
Paolozzi, Eduardo, Sir, 1924–2005 1
Smith, Matthew, Arnold Bracy, Sir, 1879–1959 1
Turnbull, William, 1922–2012 1
Uglow, Euan, 1932–2000 1
Unwin, Phoebe, born 1979 1
Vaughan, Keith, 1912–1977 1
Williams, Glynn, born 1939 1

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On-site Access

Not on view 48

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 48

Image Available

available 48

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 2

Classification

Sculptures 25
Paintings 23

Collective Title

Period

20th century 48

Materials & Techniques

bronze 22
painting (technique) 21
oil paint 18
canvas 7
panel (wood) 7
board 4
Portland stone 1
concrete 1
lead 1
pencil 1
plywood 1
terracotta 1

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painting 23
sculpture 23
statuette 18
statue 3
maquette 1

Genre

figure study 48

abstract art 23
portrait 2
animal art 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

figure study 44
abstract art 23
woman 11
mother 8
child 7
figure 6
brushstrokes 5
hat 4
figures 3
head 3
man 3
nude 3
reclining 3
arms 2
costume 2
genre subject 2
portrait 2
profile 2
seated 2
series 2
women 2
Classical 1
Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length) 1
Neo-Classical 1
animal art 1
apron 1
apron (main garment) 1
architecture 1
bathing 1
blue 1

Subject Period

Associated Places

Alderney 1
Dorset 1
England 1
Europe 1
United Kingdom 1

Associated People

McNeill, Dorothy (Dorelia) (1881–1969), Partner and muse of Augustus John 1

Exhibition History

20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 11
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 11
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 9
Figuring Women - The Female in Modern British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-03-28 - 2008-06-08) 3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Bill Brandt | Henry Moore (Yale Center for British Art, 2022-11-17 - 2023-02-26) 1
Bloomsbury Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-05-20 - 2000-09-03) 1
Frank Auerbach (Royal Academy of Arts, 2001-09-15 - 2002-01-12) 1
Henry Moore - The Mother and Child (Hofstra Museum, 1987-09-01 - 1988-04-17) 1
Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04) 1
Lynn Chadwick (Edwin Austin Abbey, 1998-01-22 - 1998-03-08) 1
Munnings - Out in the Open (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2013-04-24 - 2013-09-15) 1
Painting Blind (The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 2015-02-11 - 2015-06-07) 1
Rachel Lambert Mellon’s collection of botanical artworks (The New York Botanical Garden, 2016-10-08 - 2017-02-15) 1
Reflections on a Life with Horses : Paintings by Sir Alfred Munnings from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-01 - 2008-04-01) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962 5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. and Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker 3
Lent from a Private Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson 2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Solomon A. Smith II, Solomon Byron Smith and Barbara Neff Smith Collection 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Craig Jacobson 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale, Sheffield Scientific School, Class of 1931 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gail and Michael Klebanoff in honor of Arthur M. Klebanoff, Yale BA 1969, and Susan J. Klebanoff, Yale BA 1974 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helena M. Segy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Henry Moore 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. and Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Ruth Loria 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Oliver Radford, Yale BA 1982, in honor of his parents Roger and Jennifer Radford 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Regan Pritzker 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renee & David McKee 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Block, Sr., class of 1936, and Mrs. Block 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

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Genre: figure study
On-site Access: Not on view
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Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959

The Corporal of Horse

ca. 1927
Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019

Seated Figure

1960
Anthony Fry, 1927–2016

Nudes

ca. 1962
Gwen John, 1876–1939

Study of a Nun

ca. 1915
Tom Wood, born 1955

Dreaming of Colours

1994
Tom Wood, born 1955

Dreaming of Shapes

1994
Frank Auerbach, 1931-2024

Seated Figure II

1961
Sir Matthew Smith, 1879–1959

Reclining Nude

1926
Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961

Dorelia in the Garden at Alderney Manor, Dorset

ca. 1911
Roger Furse, 1903–1972

Untitled Abstract

1962
Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975

Two Figures

1951
Phoebe Unwin, born 1979

Portrait with Folded Arms

2009
Lucy Jones, born 1955

Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

1999
Celia Paul, born 1959

Girlfriends

2000
Celia Paul, born 1959

Annela

2000 to 2001

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