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Jay, Bill, 1940–2009
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Butler, Reg, 1913–1981
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982
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1955
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94
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3
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97
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93
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4
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92
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2
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2
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1
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male
97
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20th century
97
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collage
95
wove paper
94
xerography
93
canvas
2
oil paint
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painting (technique)
2
black ink
1
bronze
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1
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collage
94
photomechanical print
94
painting
2
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1
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abstract art
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97
portrait
6
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5
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4
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1
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abstract art
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1
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1
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20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30)
1
Art in Focus : St Ives Abstraction (Yale Center for British Art, 2013-04-12 - 2013-09-29)
1
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
94
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
1
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Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
May 1955 (Gwithian)
1955
Not on view
2
John McHale, 1922–1978
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ca. 1960
Not on view
3
Reg Butler, 1913–1981
Ophelia L
1955 to 1956
Not on view
4
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Reasons for Agitation in the Darkroom
before 1992
5
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
6
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Body Power
before 1992
7
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
8
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
9
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Fashion Photography
before 1992
10
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
11
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
12
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Photographers Often Look for Fresh Vision; They Usually Need a Fresh Mind
before 1992
13
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Watch the Birdie
before 1992
14
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
One Picture Is Not Reality
before 1992
15
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Travel Photography
before 1992
16
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Concerned Photographer
before 1992
17
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Truth and Beauty
before 1992
18
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Surface Appearances
before 1992
19
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
20
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Madonna Made Me Do It
before 1992
21
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Forgotten Photographer
before 1992
22
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Locust-plague of Political Correctness / Creating a Viable Dialogue Situation
before 1992
23
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Demands of Photography / Diane Arbus
before 1992
24
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Photography As a Spectator Sport / Keeping the Photograph at Arms Length
before 1992
25
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Portrait of a Successful Artist
before 1992
26
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Daring Rescue of a Distinguished Photographer Who has just Succeeded in Focussing a View to his Complete Satisfaction
before 1992
27
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Critic's Revenge / The Critical State of Photography
before 1992
28
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
29
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
30
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Price of Inspiration / The Thing Itself
before 1992
31
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
32
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
33
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Shooting Gallery
before 1992
34
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Problem of Fixing Film with Hippo
before 1992
35
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
36
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Photographic Immortality
before 1992
37
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Sometimes Words Are Necessary
before 1992
38
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
39
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Photographer As Individualist
before 1992
40
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
41
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
One of the Risks of Appearing in Public... Is the Likelihood of Being Photographed
before 1992
42
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
43
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
44
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Design for a Medieval Cannon
before 1992
45
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
46
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
47
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
48
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Empathy
before 1992
49
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
If the Picture is No Good, You're Not Close Enough
before 1992
50
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
51
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
52
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Self-portrait Under Trying Conditions
before 1992
53
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Taking Photographs Is an Aggressive Act
before 1992
54
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Good Teacher Points at the Moon; The Good Student Looks at the Moon, Not at the Finger
before 1992
55
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Isms
before 1992
56
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
57
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Mother and Baby Photograph
before 1992
58
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
59
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Barrier of Words
before 1992
60
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Solar-powered People-eating Picture-producer / The Ethical Anarchist
before 1992
61
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Photography Is the Vehicle, Not the Destination
before 1992
62
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
63
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Flash in the Pan
before 1992
64
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Life Tends to Repeat Itself
before 1992
65
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
A Six-legged Tripdod, or Sextipod / A Living Tripod, or More Accurately in this Case, a Sextipod
before 1992
66
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
67
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
No Head vs. No Heart
before 1992
68
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Fuck Art; Let's Dance - Bumper Sticker
before 1992
69
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
70
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Immature Artists Unite... Mature Artists Steal Calving Trilling
before 1992
71
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
A Photograph is a Quote Out of Context
before 1992
72
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Exhiliration of Risk
before 1992
73
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
74
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
75
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
76
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
77
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Good Teacher Points at the Moon, the Good Student Looks at the Moon - Not at the Finger
before 1992
78
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Academics
before 1992
79
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
80
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
81
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Wheels of Fortune
before 1992
82
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
83
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
84
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Fate
before 1992
85
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
86
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Rejected Yet Again, the Photographer Takes Revenge on the Selection Committee
before 1992
87
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
88
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
89
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
90
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Painting / Photography
before 1992
91
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
If Things Can Go Wrong, They Will
before 1992
92
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
93
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Untitled
before 1992
94
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Photography in America
before 1992
95
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
The Nature of Photographic Reality
before 1992
96
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Viewers Viewed
before 1992
97
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Occam's Razor
before 1992