| Introduction | p. 7 |
| 1900: Frederick H. Evans, Lincoln Cathedral: Stairway in Southwest Turret | p. 16 |
| 1901: Jack B. Yeats, The Pugilist | p. 17 |
| 1902: Edvard Munch, The Kiss | p. 18 |
| 1903: Kathe Kollwitz, Arbeiterfrau | p. 21 |
| 1904: Pablo Picasso, Le Repas frugal or L'Aveugle | p. 22 |
| 1905: Augustus John, Jacob Epstein (1905-6) | p. 25 |
| 1906: Henri Matisse, Nu de profil sur une chaise longue (Le Grand Bois) | p. 26 |
| 1907: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Man with Pipe | p. 29 |
| 1908: Walter Sickert, La Belle Gatee or The Camden Town Murder | p. 30 |
| 1909: Theodore Roussel, The Snow, My front garden, March 2nd 1909 | p. 31 |
| 1910: Gerald Spencer Pryse, 'Workless'l 'Landless'l'Forward! The Day Is Breaking!' | p. 32 |
| 1911: Paul Klee, Bahnhof | p. 34 |
| 1912: Franz Marc, Schlafende Hirtin | p. 35 |
| 1913: Joseph Pennell, The New Bay of Baiae | p. 36 |
| 1914: F. L. Griggs, Ashwell | p. 37 |
| 1915: Edward Wadsworth, Facade (1914-15) | p. 38 |
| 1916: Robert Gibbings, The Retreat from Serbia | p. 39 |
| 1917: C. R. W. Nevinson, Banking at 4,000 Feet | p. 40 |
| 1918: C. R. W. Nevinson, From an Office Window | p. 42 |
| 1919: Margarete Hamerschlag, Raskolnikoff in Dialogue with the Judge | p. 43 |
| 1920: Kurt Schwitters, Merz 8 - Die Kathedrale | p. 45 |
| 1921: Edward Hopper, The Evening Wind | p. 46 |
| 1922: Otto Dix, Dompteuse | p. 47 |
| 1923: El Lissitzky, Proun III | p. 48 |
| 1924: Paul Nash, Genesis, The Void | p. 49 |
| 1925: Henri Matisse, Odalisque a la coupe de fruits | p. 50 |
| 1926: Eric Gill, Eve | p. 53 |
| 1927: Eric Ravilious, Boy Birdsnesting | p. 54 |
| 1928: Ben Nicholson, Three Mugs and a Bowl | p. 55 |
| 1929: Cyril Power, The Tube Staircase | p. 56 |
| 1930: David Jones, The Wounded Knight | p. 59 |
| 1931: Graham Sutherland, The Garden | p. 60 |
| 1932: Georges Braque, Hera et Themis (1932-9) | p. 63 |
| 1933: Lill Tschudi, Ice Hockey | p. 64 |
| 1934: Louis Marcoussis, Rosemonde | p. 65 |
| 1935: Gertrude Hermes, Autumn Fruits | p. 66 |
| 1936: Anthony Gross, La Maison du Poete | p. 68 |
| 1937: Edouard Vuillard, Le Square Vintimille | p. 69 |
| 1938: Edward Ardizzone, The Bus Stop | p. 70 |
| 1939: Martin Lewis, Shadow Magic | p. 72 |
| 1940: John Piper, Byland Abbey | p. 73 |
| 1941: Giorgio de Chirico, ... e le stelle del cielo cadderro sulla terra | p. 74 |
| 1942: Pablo Picasso, L'Autruche | p. 77 |
| 1943: Leon Underwood, Harvest Corn | p. 78 |
| 1944: Josef Albers, Tlaloc | p. 80 |
| 1945: Jean Dubuffet, Paysage (1944-5) | p. 81 |
| 1946: Giorgio Morandi, Large Circular Still Life with a Bottle and Three Objects | p. 82 |
| 1947: Barnett Freedman, People | p. 83 |
| 1948: Man Ray, Roman noir | p. 84 |
| 1949: Keith Vaughan, Landscape | p. 86 |
| 1950: Michael Rothenstein, The Cockerel | p. 87 |
| 1951: Peter Lanyon, Underground | p. 89 |
| 1952: Marc Chagali, Le Loup et la Cigogne | p. 90 |
| 1953: John Minton, Dressing Rooms at Whitehall | p. 93 |
| 1954: Ben Shahn, Alphabet (c. 1954) | p. 94 |
| 1955: Naum Gabo, Opus 6 (1955-6) | p. 96 |
| 1956: Edward Bawden, Town Hall Yard | p. 97 |
| 1957: Eduardo Paolozzi, Automobile Head (1954-7) | p. 99 |
| 1958: Joan Miro, Les Forestiers | p. 100 |
| 1959: Andre Masson, Couple aux fleurettes | p. 103 |
| 1960: Sam Francis, The White Line | p. 104 |
| 1961: Yozo Hamaguchi, Black Cherry (c. 1960-61) | p. 105 |
| 1962: David Hockney, The Diploma | p. 106 |
| 1963: Richard Hamilton, Adonis in Y Fronts (1962-3) | p. 109 |
| 1964: Roy Lichtenstein, Crak! Now, Mes Petits ... Pour La France! | p. 110 |
| 1965: Jim Dine, Eleven Part Self Portrait (Red Pony) (1964-5) | p. 112 |
| 1966: Victor Vasarely, Zett-R.G | p. 115 |
| 1967: Andy Warhol, Marilyn | p. 116 |
| 1968: Richard Hamilton, The critic laughs | p. 119 |
| 1969: Patrick Caulfield, Two Jugs | p. 120 |
| 1970: R. B. Kitaj, Transition | p. 121 |
| 1971: Josef Beuys, Druck I | p. 122 |
| 1972: Bridget Riley, Coloured Greys III | p. 125 |
| 1973: Brice Marden, Untitled | p. 126 |
| 1974: Robert Rauschenberg, Pull | p. 129 |
| 1975: Marcel Broodthaers, La Soupe de Daguerre | p. 130 |
| 1976: Claes Oldenburg, Soft Screw in Waterfall | p. 132 |
| 1977: Gavin Jantjes, Freedom Hunters | p. 133 |
| 1978: Conrad Atkinson, Anniversary Print: From the People Who Brought You Thalidomide ... | p. 134 |
| 1979: Daniel Buren, Framed/Exploded/Defaced | p. 137 |
| 1980: Frank Auerbach, R. B. Kitaj | p. 138 |
| 1981: Georg Baselitz, The Eagle | p. 139 |
| 1982: Howard Hodgkin, Bleeding | p. 141 |
| 1983: Hamish Fulton, Humming Heart | p. 142 |
| 1984: Francesco Clemente, Untitled | p. 145 |
| 1985: Helen Chadwick, Vanitas | p. 146 |
| 1986: Richard Long, Africa Footprints | p. 149 |
| 1987: Peter Howson, The Heroic Dosser | p. 150 |
| 1988: Anish Kapoor, Untitled | p. 151 |
| 1989: Paula Rego, Three Blind Mice | p. 152 |
| 1990: Antony Gormley, Untitled | p. 154 |
| 1991: Ruslan Kotev, The Tower of the Tempest | p. 155 |
| 1992: Chris Ofili, To T from B with L | p. 156 |
| 1993: Anonymous, after Barbara Kruger, Carrier Bag from the Barcelona Department Store, Vincon (c. 1993) | p. 158 |
| 1994: Renee Green, Untitled | p. 159 |
| 1995: Tayo Quaye, The Man | p. 160 |
| 1996: Tim Mara, Lightbulb and Book (1995-6) | p. 162 |
| 1997: Virgil Marti, Bullies (1992-7) | p. 163 |
| 1998: Sonia Boyce, Lover's Rock | p. 164 |
| 1999: Langlands & Bell, Frozen Sky (Night & Day) | p. 166 |
| 2000: Lee Wagstaff, Shroud | p. 168 |
| Notes | p. 170 |
| Bibliography | p. 172 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 176 |
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