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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a dark hat with ribbon, resting her hand near her face, on cream paper.

Portrait of Jane Renouardt

Edouard Vuillard, 1926

Pastel portrait study of a man with a mustache and white collar on gray paper, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: George Canning Harris, Baron

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1903

Watercolor of a winding river valley with eroded cliffs, a white wagon, a rifleman, and a line of travelers on distant ridges

Near Mouse River

John Mix Stanley, 1854

Ink and watercolor sketch of a harlequin figure in diamond costume among dancers at a masked ball, 1921.

Artists' Ball: Harlequin and Dancers

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Pencil sketch of a small plain meeting house with two doors among trees, with a seated man in a hat by a wooden fence.

View of the Friends Meeting House

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1866

Pencil and chalk drawing of a bearded man in a tall cap with a brooch, gazing upward against grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Oriental

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752

Black chalk and white heightening sketch of a nude female figure with outstretched arms and drapery on gray paper.

Allegory of France (La France sous les traits d'une nymph), study for France Enlightening the World and Protecting Ag…

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1863

Graphite study of a standing woman in a long gown gazing down at a bowl she holds in both hands.

Woman holding a bowl: study for "The Grove of the Academe," painting commissioned by Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelp…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink sketch of two standing male figures holding spears and a stylized angular head with heavy eyes.

Sheet of sketches [Two figures and stylized head]

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Pastel portrait of a man in a dark suit and purple academic hood against a tan background, with handwritten name inscription.

Thomas W. Swan B.A., Sterling Prof. of Law 1922-

William Sergeant Kendall

Grey wash drawing of men in a rowboat with a horn player, figures running on a shore with trees, and a distant ship.

Men in rowboat fleeing Indians on shore - unidentified illustration (Columbus discovering New World?) - explorers lan…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Abstract watercolor and pencil composition with yellow, red, pink, and blue washes and dark brown ridges.

Forms

Fritz Stuckenberg, 1922

Watercolor of a man in a top hat and blue coat carrying two metal oil containers on a yoke across his shoulders.

The Oil Merchant

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Grey wash sketch of a river with a pale water expanse and dark shrubs and trees along the right bank.

Landscape by a river

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded prophet figure holding a long unfurled scroll, with billowing drapery.

Prophet

called Salviati Francesco Rossi, 1550

Pencil drawing of a man leaning toward a seated woman under a tree, with a distant village and hills behind them.

Farmers in a landscape

Pencil sketch of four men in a tavern-like gathering, three seated and one standing, one raising a mug.

Study for .1212 - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and wash drawing of a log cabin with stone chimney in a forest, with a canoe on the ground nearby.

Hotel Conway on the Black Water

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson

Pencil drawing of a mower swinging a scythe in tall grass, with two more mowers and trees in the distance.

Bob's Dilemma (or "The Mowers")

Winslow Homer, 1881

Pen and ink sketch of a hand holding a wooden frame beside lettering reading Ex Libris M.G. & E.A. Abbey.

Sketch for Ex Libris: M.G. & E.A. Abbey

Edwin Austin Abbey

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a muscular male nude falling diagonally with outstretched arms and legs.

Falling Figure

Joseph Parrocel

Pencil sketch of two women in swimsuits seen from behind and a seated child at left, drawn in loose outline.

Four Figures on Beach, probably in Provincetown

Charles Demuth, 1934

Pencil sketch of a country house exterior with shuttered windows, a wooden fence, and an open landscape beyond.

Sketch of an exterior of a country house

Edwin Austin Abbey

Circular drawing of a nude figure with a halo, Apollo as the sun, surrounded by figures and billowing drapery in chalk.

Study for Apollo as the Sun with the Four Seasons, the central tondo of the ceiling of the Collis Potter Huntington M…

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Brown wash drawing of a windmill beside a canal with a second windmill on the flat horizon under cloudy sky.

Windmills in a Landscape

Pen and ink sheet with several sketched faces, including a bearded man in a cap and a broadly laughing face.

Sheet of sketches of faces

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a house on a path with trees, grasses, two birds perched above fruits and vegetables on a plate.

Untitled [doves, fruits, vegetables, house, written notes]

Ink sketch of a caricatured soldier in a cap holding a chain or decoration, drawn on tan paper.

Caricature of a soldier holding a decoration

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1881

Charcoal and white chalk study of a nude male figure with raised arms on blue-grey paper.

Study for figure of 12 noon in "The Hours," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Sargent)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Profile of a Woman

Kahlil Gibran, 1923