Period: 20th century / Genre: still life / Classification: Paintings

1. Flowers in a Lustre Pot

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: ca. 1950
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 18 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches (46.4 x 55.2 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

2. 1930 (playing cards)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1930
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 12 x 15 3/4 inches (30.5 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Still life with blue bottle

Creator:: Roger Fry, 1866–1934
Date:: 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches (62.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. Red Interior

Creator:: John Monks, born 1954
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 94 × 72 inches (238.8 × 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Acquired through the generosity of Gilbert de Botton, Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Sir James Colyer- Fergusson, Christina and Nilu Fallah, Simon K. Kettner, Ari Rennert, and the Graham Paton Gallery
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. Glasses

Creator:: Sir William Nicholson, 1872–1949
Date:: ca. 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas, mounted on millboard
Dimensions:: 13 x 16 inches (33 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Blue and Green Bottles and Oranges

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: ca. 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 × 16 inches (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. 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

16. Cyclamen

Creator:: Roger Fry, 1866–1934
Date:: 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 x 15 1/2 inches (48.3 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

17. Chinese Flowers

Creator:: Sir Sidney Nolan, 1917–1992
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Ripolin enamel on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 42 3/4 × 37 inches (108.6 × 94 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

18. Bundle of Asparagus

Creator:: Eliot Hodgkin, 1905–1987
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: Image: 8 × 10 3/4 inches (20.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

19. Sea-verge

Creator:: Edward Wadsworth, 1889–1949
Date:: 1943
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera on board
Dimensions:: 25 x 35 inches (63.5 x 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. Delicious Morsel for the Crocodile

Creator:: Alan Davie, 1920–2014
Date:: 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Oil 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 the Judith Rothschild Foundation in memory of Janet Cowan Bosse
On View:: Not on view

21. Jug and Fruit

Creator:: Mary Fedden, 1915–2012
Date:: 1989
Materials & Techniques:: oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 25 1/2 × 37 5/8 inches (64.8 × 95.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

22. The Brown Tea Pot

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1915 and 1916
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 3/16 × 9 1/8 inches (33.5 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Flowers in a Lustre Pot

2. 1930 (playing cards)

3. 1951 (still life – sweet peas)

4. September 1960 (wood)

5. May 1955 (Gwithian)

6. 1929 (still life)

7. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

8. 1934 (still life)

9. April 1950 (goblets)

10. Still life with blue bottle

11. Red Interior

12. Mineral Objects

13. Glasses

14. Blue and Green Bottles and Oranges

15. Souvenir of Florence

16. Cyclamen

17. Chinese Flowers

18. Bundle of Asparagus

19. Sea-verge

20. Delicious Morsel for the Crocodile

21. Jug and Fruit

22. The Brown Tea Pot