Handbook of the Collections: Yale University Art Gallery
Paper, 363 pp., several hundred black-and-white, thumbnail-size images

Published in 1992, this publication provides basic information on some 1,600 objects in Yale’s broad and diverse collections. A bibliography and index of artists is included.

Item# 1479
Price $5; Members $4.50
ISBN 0-89467-060-3

Hawaiian Eye: Collecting Contemporary Art with Thurston Twigg-Smith
Paper, 22 pp., color illus.
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Daphne A. Deeds, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery, February 1997, with an essay by Deeds.

The art collection of Thurston Twigg-Smith, a fifth-generation Hawaiian and a member of the Yale class of 1942, is distinguished by a love of color and figuration. Paintings such as Pat Steir’s Yellow Chrysanthemum and Wayne Thiebaud’s Drink Syrups are presented alongside sculpture by Bay Area artists Viola Frey and Manuel Neri, adding up to what Deeds describes as “a consistent and logical vision”—a sensibility vividly celebrated in this catalogue featuring donations and promised gifts that were presented in the exhibition.

Item# 7034 
Price $3; Members 2.70

Historical Fictions: Edward Lamson Henry's Paintings of Past and Present
Paper, 56 pp., 30 color illus.
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by Amy Kurtz Lansing, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (June 24–December 30, 2005), with an essay by Lansing.

One of the most prolific and popular artists of the late nineteenth century, Edward Lamson Henry was widely appreciated in his time as an artful storyteller who meticulously and lovingly documented places and events, particularly those associated with early America and the Civil War. This publication explores Henry’s fascination with “historical fictions,” and how these romanticized visions of the past played a crucial role in creating a unified national identity in the discordant decades after the Civil War.

Item# 972
Price $18.50; Members $16.65
ISBN 0-89467-959-7

Winslow Homer: The Croquet Game
Paper, 36 pp., 50 black-and-white and color illus.
Catalogue for the exhibition, organized by David Park Curry, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery (April 18–June 24, 1984); the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (July 14–September 16, 1984); the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (September 29–November 25, 1984); the Art Institute of Chicago (December 8, 1984–February 3, 1985); National Academy of Design, New York, New York (March 7–May 5, 1985), with an essay by Curry.

According to Curry, “Croquet embodies deep and strong currents—sex and aggression—that made it a compelling subject.” An illuminating look at an important American artist as well as an insightful study into popular culture, this catalogue presents Winslow Homer’s five croquet-themed paintings, along with his sketches and wood engravings and other artworks and advertisements depicting the game, which saw a meteoric rise in popularity during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Item# 1193
Price $4; Members $3.60
ISBN 0-89467-031-X