Image Use: Under Certain Circumstances / Subject Terms: abstract art

1. 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

2. 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

3. May 64 (Kepler)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1964
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and wash on board
Dimensions:: 21 1/4 x 19 3/8 inches (54 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. February 1957 (brown and grey)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1957
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and graphite on panel
Dimensions:: 8 × 7 inches (20.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. February 1961 (Galileo)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on carved board
Dimensions:: 27 x 33 1/2 inches (68.6 x 85.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. July 15 1949 (St Ives harbour)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1949
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (35.2 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Passchendaele 1

Creator:: John Walker, born 1939
Date:: 1996
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 108 x 192 inches (274.3 x 487.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

19. 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

20. Marsh Landscape - Winter

Creator:: Denis Wirth-Miller, 1915–2010
Date:: 1958
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 7/8 x 35 7/8 inches (91.1 x 91.1 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

21. Cornish Landscape

Creator:: John Minton, 1917–1957
Date:: 1946
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 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

22. Dyadic Encounter

Creator:: Desmond Morris, born 1928
Date:: 1972
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia and Nathan Shippee
On View:: Not on view

23. 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

24. The Painting of Janet Churchman

Creator:: John Bratby, 1928–1992
Date:: 1958
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on masonite
Dimensions:: 79 x 146 inches (200.7 x 370.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kathleen and Joseph D. Policano
On View:: Not on view

25. Orange on Top

Creator:: Trevor Bell, 1930–2017
Date:: 1959
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

26. 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

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. 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

29. Blowing Dandelions

Creator:: George Henry, 1858–1943
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (49.5 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

30. Garden No. 1

Creator:: John Hubbard, 1931–2017
Date:: 1983
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 43 x 45 inches (109.2 x 114.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hubbard
On View:: Not on view

31. 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

32. 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

33. May Month, 1956

Creator:: John Wells, 1907–2000
Date:: 1956
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 29 15/16 inches (152.4 x 76 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

34. Fort Blox, 1972

Creator:: Michael Challenger, born 1939
Date:: 1972
Materials & Techniques:: Acrylic 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 Richard H. Ullman
On View:: Not on view

35. No. 3, 1957

Creator:: John Wells, 1907–2000
Date:: 1957
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 6 x 28 inches (15.2 x 71.1 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

36. 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

37. Abstract Landscape (Dark Fir Shoreham II Morning)

Creator:: Alan Reynolds, 1926–2014
Date:: ca. 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 × 30 1/8 inches (101.9 × 76.5 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

38. e.v.I

Creator:: John McHale, 1922–1978
Date:: 1958
Materials & Techniques:: Paper collage mounted on masonite board
Dimensions:: 47 7/8 x 43 3/8 inches (121.6 x 110.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
On View:: Not on view

39. 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

40. 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

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. Three Cadmiums

Creator:: Patrick Heron, 1920–1999
Date:: 1966
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 72 inches (152.4 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

43. Working on Top

Creator:: Robert Mason, born 1946
Date:: 1989
Materials & Techniques:: Charcoal and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:: 66 x 40 inches (167.6 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Acquired through the generosity of the Artist and Rosehaugh Stanhope, plc.
On View:: Not on view

44. Seeding in Winter

Creator:: Alan Reynolds, 1926–2014
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 24 inches (50.2 x 61 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. Painting on Red

Creator:: John Wells, 1907–2000
Date:: 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 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

49. Tree of Life (Clair)

Creator:: Andrew Forge, 1923–2002
Date:: between 1987 and 1989
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 x 58 inches (116.8 x 147.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by the Artist
On View:: Not on view

50. Night Flowering

Creator:: John Wells, 1907–2000
Date:: 1957
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas board
Dimensions:: 11 7/16 x 8 7/8 inches (29.1 x 22.5 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

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1. September 1960 (wood)

2. 1951 (still life – sweet peas)

3. May 64 (Kepler)

4. 1969 (composition)

5. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

6. April 1950 (goblets)

7. May 1955 (Gwithian)

8. February 1957 (brown and grey)

9. February 1961 (Galileo)

10. 1934 (still life)

11. 1938 (composition)

12. August 1963 (two mugs, one blue)

13. 1969 (winter blue)

14. July 15 1949 (St Ives harbour)

15. 1929 (still life)

16. Gynæcology Chair

17. Apotheosis

18. Passchendaele 1

19. 1989 J. 11 (Ursus)

20. Marsh Landscape - Winter

21. Cornish Landscape

22. Dyadic Encounter

23. Transformation of Red

24. The Painting of Janet Churchman

25. Orange on Top

26. Red Circle

27. Causeway

28. 11/60

29. Blowing Dandelions

30. Garden No. 1

31. Abstract in Brown, White, Black and Ochre

32. 5.2.67

33. May Month, 1956

34. Fort Blox, 1972

35. No. 3, 1957

36. Penwith

37. Abstract Landscape (Dark Fir Shoreham II Morning)

38. e.v.I

39. Pink Eyes

40. Concluding 8

41. Dark Forest

42. Three Cadmiums

43. Working on Top

44. Seeding in Winter

45. Dancing Figures, No. 4

46. Two Menhirs

47. Conversation with Fate

48. Painting on Red

49. Tree of Life (Clair)

50. Night Flowering