Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure for cultural objects which are loaned from overseas to temporary public exhibitions in approved museums or galleries in the UK where conditions are met when the object enters the UK.
The conditions are:
Tate's policy on due diligence and provenance research (PDF format, 27K)
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The listed objects are intended to form part of the following forthcoming exhibitions:
Tate Britain (London, UK) from 11 Sep 2008 until 04 Jan 2009.
1947-1948
painting
Oil and tempera on board
support: 1003 x 749 mm
frame: 1165 x 911 x 44 mm
Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler, 2007.
Lender: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
Provenance:
Hanover Gallery and Redfern Gallery, London, jointly owned, 1948;
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York 1958-61;
Richard S. Zeisler, New York, 1961-2006;
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Richard S. Zeisler bequest, 2007.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: none or not recorded
Place of manufacture: not recorded
1953
painting
Oil on canvas
support: 1980 x 1370 mm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. James Thrall Soby Bequest, 1979
Lender: Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Provenance:
Hanover Gallery, London, 1953;
Durlacher Brothers, NY, 1953;
James Thrall Soby, NY, 1953-1979;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. James Thrall Soby Bequest, 1979.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: none or not recorded
Place of Manufacture: not recorded
1965
painting
Oil on canvas
support, each: 1980 x 1475 mm
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Pinakothek der Moderne, München
Leihgabe der Museumsstiftung
Lender: Pinakothek Der Moderne (Munich, Germany)
Provenance:
Marlborough Fine Art, London;
Galerieverein (today Foerderverein, friends of the museum), 1967;
Museumsstiftung, 1999;
on permanent loan at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: none or not recorded
Place of manufacture: not recorded
1966
painting
Oil on canvas
support: 1980 x 1475 mm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Lender: Fondation Beyeler (Basel, Switzerland)
Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery, London, 1966;
Jane Stern, New York;
Fondation Beyeler, Basel, since 1987.
Nationality of Artist: British.
Identifying marks: verso titled and dated.
Place of manufacture: not recorded.
1968
painting
Oil on canvas
support: 1980 x 1475 mm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Lender: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Spain)
Provenance:
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Londres, 1971;
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, 1971;
on loan to Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1992;
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1993.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: verso titled and dated
Place of manufacture: not recorded
1969
painting
Oil on canvas
support: 1980 x 1475 mm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Lender: Fondation Beyeler (Basel, Switzerland)
Provenance:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York;
Peter Bronfman, Montreal;
Fondation Beyeler, Basel, since 1986.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: verso signed, titled and dated
Place of Manufacture: not recorded
1971
painting
Oil on canvas
support, each: 1980 x 1475 mm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Lender: Fondation Beyeler (Basel, Switzerland)
Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery, London and New York;
Saul P Steinberg;
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, 1977 (? Start date unknown);
Private collection; 1981 [through Christie's, New York, May 12, lot 66];
Fondation Beyeler, Basel, since 1987.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: s.i.d. 1971 verso three panels
Place of Manufacture: not recorded
1979-1980
painting
Oil on canvas
support, each: 3750 x 3180 mm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
Lender: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
Provenance:
The artist to the Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1980;
Jacques and Natasha Gelman, New York, 1980-1999;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: none or not recorded
Place of manufacture: not recorded
1991
painting
Oil on linen
support, each: 1981 x 1476 mm
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. William A. M. Burden Fund and Nelson A. Rockerfeller Bequest Fund (both by exchange), 2003
Lender: Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Provenance:
Estate of Francis Bacon, Faggionato Fine Arts, London, 2003;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. William A. M. Burden Fund and Nelson A. Rockerfeller Bequest Fund (both by exchange), 2003.
Nationality of Artist: British
Identifying marks: none or not recorded
Place of Manufacture: not recorded
Tate Britain (London, UK) from 18 Feb 2009 until 17 May 2009.
c.1636
painting
Oil on canvas
support: 1360 x 1067 mm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Given in memory of Governor Alvan T. Fuller by the Fuller Foundation
Lender: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
Provenance:
(?) Cardinal Mazarin, d. 1661;
Augustus Phipps, Mulgrave Castle, Lythe, near Whitby, d. 1826;
posthumous sale of the Hon. Augustus Phipps, Christie Manson and Woods, London, April 19, 1834;
Welbore Ellis Agar, 2nd Earl of Normanton, Somerley, Ringwood, d. 1868;
by descent within the family to Sidney James, 4th Earl of Normanton;
sold by the Earl of Normanton to Agnew's, London, 1927;
sold by Agnew's to Alvan Tufts Fuller, Boston, 1928;
bequeathed to the Alvan T. Fuller Foundation, 1959;
gift of the Alvan T. Fuller Foundation to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 10 May, 1961
Nationality of Artist: Flemish
Identifying marks: none
Place of manufacture: England
Catalogue Raisonné: Barnes et al, 'A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings', Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2004, no.IV.161
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