Materials & Techniques: painting (technique) / Exhibition History: 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) / Genre: abstract art

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Mineral Objects

Creator:: Paul Nash, 1889–1946
Date:: 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (50.2 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. 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

9. Painting, Summer 1963

Creator:: Roger Hilton, 1911–1975
Date:: 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 1/2 x 64 1/4 inches (141 x 163.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. "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

14. Souvenir of Florence

Creator:: Paul Nash, 1889–1946
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 17 1/4 inches (68.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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. 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

17. Flighted Ones

Creator:: Gillian Ayres, 1930–2018
Date:: 1995
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 1/16 x 84 inches (244 x 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

18. 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

19. Zikkurat 4, Spectrum

Creator:: Joe Tilson, 1928–2023
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and acrylic on wood relief
Dimensions:: 85 3/4 x 85 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (217.8 x 217.8 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. Work in Progress

Creator:: Stanley William Hayter, 1901–1988
Date:: 1936
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and casein on panel
Dimensions:: 66 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches (169.5 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. Forecast

Creator:: John Tunnard, 1900–1971
Date:: 1945
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on gesso-prepared board
Dimensions:: 24 x 22 3/4 inches (61 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

22. 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

23. For Hannah (Juggernaut Series)

Creator:: John Walker, born 1939
Date:: 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 120 x 93 inches (304.8 x 236.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony and Madeleine Carter
On View:: Not on view

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1. 1969 (composition)

2. September 1960 (wood)

3. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

4. May 1955 (Gwithian)

5. 1929 (still life)

6. Mineral Objects

7. Penwith

8. Transformation of Red

9. Painting, Summer 1963

10. Pink Eyes

11. Two Menhirs

12. Red Circle

13. "Over Here, Over There"

14. Souvenir of Florence

15. Apotheosis

16. Dark Forest

17. Flighted Ones

18. Crown

19. Zikkurat 4, Spectrum

20. Work in Progress

21. Forecast

22. Study for Oceania

23. For Hannah (Juggernaut Series)