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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Line drawing of a nude female figure with raised arm and closed eyes, with blue crayon accents, on tan paper.

Caryatide au Sein Pointu (Caryatid with Pointed Breast)

Amedeo Modigliani, 1913

Watercolor sketch of a fireplace design with a woman in a bonnet on the left, a bird panel in the center, and a landscape on

Preliminary sketch for a tile fireplace surround

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1878

Charcoal portrait sketch of a man with a mustache holding a pipe, signed Orpen, on cream paper.

William W. Goodbody

Watercolor of ruined buildings with broken walls and chimneys, looking over a wooded valley toward a distant city.

The Devastation of Suresnes

Pierre Georges Jeanniot, 1871

Charcoal study on grey paper of a robed figure with bowed head and clasped hands, draped in flowing cloth.

Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil line drawing of a vaudeville dancer in a high kick, wearing a small hat and fitted costume, on pale paper.

Vaudeville Dancer

Charles Demuth, 1916

Red chalk drawing of two studies of hands, one with fingers curled and one open, with sleeve cuffs sketched around the wrists

Study of 2 Hands

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Pencil study of a standing robed bearded man with clasped hands and upturned gaze on a tan sheet.

Study for a stained glass window picturing St. Peter, Paris

Edwin Austin Abbey

Head

Watercolor of a seated chimney sweep in a striped cap resting on steps beside a wooden bench, with a doorway behind.

The Chimney Sweep at Rest

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of cloaked figures on a stone staircase before arched windows, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888.

Exuent Salarino and Salanio, from Act I, Scene i, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pen and wash sketch sheet: a frieze of dancing women, figures by an obelisk, and two seated women in a pendentive.

Sheet of Sketches: Frieze of Dancing Women, Dancing Women at the Foot of an Obelisk, and Two Seated Female Figures in…

Hubert Robert, 1798

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a draped garment, one arm extended outward, on a tan paper ground.

Taupo Dancing the Standing Siva, Samoa

John La Farge, 1890

Pencil sketch of two seated figures on a cart, one in a bonnet looking toward the viewer, the other seen from behind.

Two figures seated on a cart - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sheet of studies (Nu et Profil Barbu or Feuille d'Etudes avec Nu Feminin)

Seated Kalmuck Warrior

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1760

Two sketches: sketch of two hands; sketch of an old man in profile

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel portrait of a man with slicked-back hair and a blue tie against a tan background, with handwritten name inscription.

George Parmley Day, B.A. 1897, Treasurer of Yale Univ. 1910-

William Sergeant Kendall

Grey wash drawing of boys in hats chasing a girl in a white collar past a farmhouse and trees, 1628.

Boys Chasing a Girl

Esaias van de Velde, 1628

Pencil and red chalk study of a nude female figure with raised arm and draped cloth, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902.

Sttudy of figure of 6 pm, for The Hours mural at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Pencil sketches of a wooden bucket, a cannon on a carriage, an iron vessel, and cylindrical fittings on a sheet of paper.

Sketches: Spars and Buckets

Truman Seymour, 1871

Watercolor abstraction of overlapping orange, blue, teal and gray triangles arranged like sails, signed and dated 1921.

Abstraction Based on Sails, VII

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Pencil sketch of a small sailboat with triangular sails and a second boat hull sketched below on cream paper.

Sketch of a sailboat

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a wide coastal landscape with scrub in the foreground, a blue sea horizon, and billowing pale clouds above.

Panorama

Truman Seymour, 1884

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing young man in a draped cloak, head turned up, holding a small disc.

Standing young man

Jacopo Zucchi, 1580

Pencil sketch of two men seated at a table in an interior with an arched doorway and a fireplace.

Two men at table in an interior

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose ink and watercolor sketch of standing figures in hats and coats with a seated figure at lower right, dated 1921.

Artists' Ball: Pierrot and Figures Standing

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Pencil sketch sheet with a man on horseback, two heads in wide-brimmed hats, and a standing figure outline.

Sheet of figure studies

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel portrait of an elderly bald man with a white beard, wearing a suit and maroon tie, on brown paper.

Addison Van Name B.A. 1858-Librarian 1865-1905

William Sergeant Kendall

Charcoal study of a bearded man with long hair, turned to the side, drawn on grey paper.

Study of a head for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for th…

Edwin Austin Abbey