Period: 20th century / Subject Terms: abstract art and study (visual work)

1. Study of a Head

Creator:: Francis Bacon, 1909–1992
Date:: 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Beekman C. and Margaret H. Cannon
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Study for a Sculptural Column

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, brown wash, red colored pencil and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (29.2 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. Three Figure Studies

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Frieze of Four Dancing Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (14.6 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Study of a Female Figure, Abstract Figure Study

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite and red pencil on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 inches (17.8 x 22.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Study for a Figural Sculpture, Crouching Figure

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite and red pencil on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 inches (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Studies of Two Dancing Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 inches (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Two Figure Studies

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 inches (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Dancing Figure

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Dancing Figure

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Five Studies of Dancing Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 5/8 inches (20.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Four Studies of Dancing Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 3/8 inches (20.3 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Four Studies of Dancing Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 3/4 inches (20.3 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Five Abstract Sketches, and Studies for Male and Female Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite and red pencil on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 inches (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Figure Study for a Relief Design

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Four Studies for Two Figural Designs

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Bowing Figure

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Four Registers of Fourteen Dancing Figures

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Two Dancing Figures and Five Studies for a Mother and Child Grouping

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite, red colored pencil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (14.6 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Five Studies for a Sculpture

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (14.6 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Study for a Mother and Child Grouping

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 3/4 inches (20.3 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Study for a Mother and Child Grouping

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink on thin, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 3/4 inches (20.3 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Five Sculptural Studies

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite and red pencil on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 7/8 inches (17.8 x 22.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Rodes Near Prades

Creator:: John Piper, 1903–1992
Date:: 1958
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, sharpie and acrylic on very thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (36.2 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker

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1. Study of a Head

2. Study for Oceania

3. Study for a Sculptural Column

4. Three Figure Studies

5. Frieze of Four Dancing Figures

6. Study of a Female Figure, Abstract Figure Study

7. Study for a Figural Sculpture, Crouching Figure

8. Studies of Two Dancing Figures

9. Two Figure Studies

10. Dancing Figure

11. Dancing Figure

12. Five Studies of Dancing Figures

13. Four Studies of Dancing Figures

14. Four Studies of Dancing Figures

15. Five Abstract Sketches, and Studies for Male and Female Figures

16. Figure Study for a Relief Design

17. Four Studies for Two Figural Designs

18. Bowing Figure

19. Four Registers of Fourteen Dancing Figures

20. Two Dancing Figures and Five Studies for a Mother and Child Grouping

21. Five Studies for a Sculpture

22. Study for a Mother and Child Grouping

23. Study for a Mother and Child Grouping

24. Five Sculptural Studies

25. Rodes Near Prades