Creator Gender: female / Period: 20th century / Subject Terms: figure study

1. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board laid to panel
Dimensions:: 23 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (60.8 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 16 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (42.5 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

3. Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

Creator:: Lucy Jones, born 1955
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 × 35 inches (119.4 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

4. Two Figures

Creator:: Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975
Date:: 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 1/2 × 27 inches (57.2 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Oliver Radford, Yale BA 1982, in honor of his parents Roger and Jennifer Radford
On View:: Not on view

5. Annela

Creator:: Celia Paul, born 1959
Date:: 2000 to 2001
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (46.4 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

6. Girlfriends

Creator:: Celia Paul, born 1959
Date:: 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 × 10 inches (26 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

7. Young Boy in Blue Shirt

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 6 inches (17.8 x 15.2 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

8. Two Nuns and a Girl in Church

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1920 and 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (16.5 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

9. Young Miner Watchin the Sunday Mine Dancers, near Johannesburg, 1948

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1948, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Racing Scene: three racehorses with jockeys up

Creator:: Tessa Pullan, born 1953
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 22 3/4 inches (39.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Nun with a Group of Orphans

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor and graphite; verso: graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (15.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Basuto (Lesotho) Herd Boy Dancing, 1941

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1947, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. South African Soldier, Grezzana, Italy, 1944

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1944, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Three Figures Resting by a Roadside

Creator:: Evelyn Gibbs, 1905–1991
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 9 inches (21 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1916 and 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (15.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Little Boy with Hands Clasped, wearing a Hat, by Lamplight

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1916
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (24.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Study of a Nude Girl

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1916 and 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on thin,slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (31.8 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Girl in an Apron with a Cat on her Lap

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1916 and 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 6 1/16 inches (24.3 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Girl with Large Hat and Straw-Colored Hair

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 9/16 inches (21 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Goggled Head

Creator:: Print made by Dame Elisabeth Frink, 1930–1993
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 36 1/4 × 25 5/8 inches (92.1 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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1. Study of a Nun

2. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

3. Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

4. Two Figures

5. Annela

6. Girlfriends

7. Young Boy in Blue Shirt

8. Two Nuns and a Girl in Church

9. Young Miner Watchin the Sunday Mine Dancers, near Johannesburg, 1948

10. Racing Scene: three racehorses with jockeys up

11. Nun with a Group of Orphans

12. Basuto (Lesotho) Herd Boy Dancing, 1941

13. South African Soldier, Grezzana, Italy, 1944

14. Three Figures Resting by a Roadside

15. Study of a Nun

16. Little Boy with Hands Clasped, wearing a Hat, by Lamplight

17. Study of a Nude Girl

18. Girl in an Apron with a Cat on her Lap

19. Girl with Large Hat and Straw-Colored Hair

20. Goggled Head