Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gwen John, 1876–1939, British
Title:
Young Woman Holding a Cat
Date:
ca. 1920
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and graphite on canvas
Dimensions:
13 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (34.9 × 26.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1993.30.12
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
cat (domestic cat) | animal | portrait | apron | woman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30)
Publications:
Ian Collins, Modernism and memory : Rhoda Pritzker and the art of collecting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, pp. 104, 122, no. 7, N6768 .M635 2016 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Faerber and Maison Ltd., Gwen John, 1876-1939 : [exhibition] 13th Nov. - 12th Dec. 1964, Faerber and Maison Ltd., London, 1964, p. 4, no. 10, Not at Yale

Girl in an Apron with a Cat on her Lap [Website], Yale Center for British Art, Accessed June 16, 2021, https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4188

Girl with a Cat 1918-22 [Website], The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accessed June 16, 2021, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481489

Girl with a Cat ca. 1920 [Website], The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accessed June 16, 2021, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/485715

Gwen John : The Convalescent 1918–19 [Website], Tate Britain, Accessed June 16, 2021, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/john-the-convalescent-n04861

Gwen John, Gwen John : A Retrospective Exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, p. 23, no. 21, NJ18 J594 A77 1968 (YCBA)

Gwen John, Gwen John : A Retrospective Exhibition, Davis & Long Company, New York, New York, 1975, p. 23, cat. 21, V 0618 (YCBA)

Cecily Langdale, Gwen John : An Interior Life, , Phaidon, London, 1985, pp. 73, 85, no. 30, NJ18 J594 L25 (YCBA)

Cecily Langdale, Gwen John : With a Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings, , Yale University Press, New Haven, 1987, pp. 88, 92, 97, 155, No. 69, pl. 136, NJ18 J594 A12 L25 (YCBA)

Mary Taubman, Gwen John, Scolar Press, London, 1985, pp. 81, 126, pl. 49, NJ18 J594 T28 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1400