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Yale University Art Gallery

165 works

Pencil and pale watercolor sketch of a seated nude figure resting, with loose spatters and a signature below.

Le Repos

Watercolor of a tin ware peddler in a top hat carrying a bucket and a back load of metal pots and pitchers.

The Ware Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

Watercolor of the cream-hulled warship U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago with orange funnels and American flag on choppy seas.

U.S. Battle-Ship Chicago

Watercolor of a man beside a horse-drawn charcoal cart with painted signs, a wooden barrel at his feet.

The Charcoal Cart

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor sketch of an English house with mullioned windows, a pedimented doorway, and a green lawn in front.

View of an English House

Edwin Austin Abbey

Abstract geometric composition of overlapping pastel shapes in pink, green, blue and red, signed G. Valmier, 1922.

Composition (No. 7888)

Georges Valmier, 1922

Watercolor of a street oyster stall with a vendor in a top hat and a customer in striped trousers holding a plate.

The Oyster Stand

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor study of trees, a green hedge, and a stone wall in a landscape on grey-blue paper.

Study of landscape with trees and stone wall

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and color drawing of geometric planes and diagonal lines in perspective, with an ochre panel and black bars on beige p

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El Lissitzky, 1922

Watercolor of a newsboy in a green jacket and blue cap holding a newspaper labeled The Sun beside a chain fence.

The Newsboy

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Brown wash drawing of two glazed wooden sheds beside overgrown shrubs, with a fence and steps at the right.

Shacks and Shrubs

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil study of two standing men, one in a fedora and one in a sailor cap, one turned toward the viewer's left.

Man With Sailor (study for watercolor titled On That Street, 1932)

Charles Demuth, 1932

Watercolor of a green cab pulled by a brown horse with a striped blanket, driver on top loaded with luggage.

The Cab

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling mountains and a valley under cloudy sky, with a stone wall in the foreground.

The Vale of Ambleside, Wansfell

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sepia wash and pencil drawing of a standing female nude in side view, signed A. Rodin in the lower right.

Nude Standing, Side View

Watercolor drawing of a dancing man in striped trousers and pink shirt, holding a hat aloft on a grey stage.

The Negro Dancer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose watercolor washes in grey, green, and yellow on paper, with faint suggestions of a landscape and white reserved highlig

Unidentified sketch - landscape (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Abstract watercolor of red, black, and ochre organic shapes and wavy lines on a pale background, signed David Kakabadzé 1921.

Abstraction Based on Flower Forms, IV

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Watercolor drawing of a man in a straw hat driving a horse-drawn cart carrying blue milk churns and pails.

The Butter and Milk Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose watercolor sketch of figures in period dress seated and standing around a bench under green trees.

Figures seated along an outdoor bench

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Watercolor of an auctioneer on a table in a city street, surrounded by a crowd, furniture and framed paintings for sale.

The Auctioneer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose watercolor and ink sketch of a man in a top hat sweeping a walkway beside an arched doorway and green shrubs.

Man in tophat and shirtsleeves sweeping a walkway

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Watercolor drawing of a standing Mandan chief in fringed tunic and horned headdress holding a spear, dated 1840.

Mah-To-Toh-Pa

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated woman at a piano and a standing woman in a long gown beside a curtain in an interior.

Study for The Two Sisters (watercolor)

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 bundled man in a cap and red scarf standing behind a newspaper stand on two barrels.

The Newspaper Stand

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch of an interior with a seated woman by a window, a standing figure, and a piano at right.

Study for An Old Song(?) (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey