Top 50
Tate Members turned 50 recently. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve selected 50 key works that have transformed Tate’s Collection – each and every one has been acquired with Members’ support.
Members’ top 50
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Henri Matisse
The Snail 1953
© Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2010 -
Georges Braque
The Billiard Table 1947-49
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2010 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Blue Rigi, Sunrise 1842 -
John Constable
Fen Lane, East Bergholt 1817 -
Pablo Picasso
The Three Dancers 1952
© Succession Picasso/DACS 2010 -
Arshile Gorky
Waterfall 1943
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2010 -
Allan Ramsay
Thomas, 2nd Baron Mansel of Margam 1742 -
Giorgio de Chirico
The Uncertainty of the Poet 1913
© DACS, 2010 -
Marcel Duchamp
Fountain 1917, replica 1964
© Succession Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS 2010 -
Jan Siberechts
View of a House and its Estate in Belsize 1696 -
David Bomberg
In the Hold circa 1913-4
© Tate -
Thomas Gainsborough
Giovanna Baccelli exhibited 1782 -
Ben Nicholson
(Auberge de la Sole Dieppoise) 1932
© Angela Verran Taunt. All rights reserved,DACS 2010 -
Kasimir Malev
Dynamic Suprematism 1915 or 1916 -
Tacita Dean
Kodak 2006
© Tacita Dean, courtesy Frith Street Gallery -
Rebecca Horn
Concert for Anarchy 1990
© DACS, 2009 -
James Seymour
A Kill at Ashdown Park 1743 -
Juan Munoz
Towards the Corner 1988
© The estate of Juan Muñoz -
Alberto Giacometti
Standing Woman, 1928 circa 1958-9, cast released by the artist 1964
© ADAGP/FAAG, Paris and DACS, London 2010 -
Walter Richard Sickert
Brighton Pierrots 1915
© Est. of W Sickert. All rights reserved, DACS 2010 -
Hans Eworth
Portrait of an Unknown Lady circa 1565-8 -
Piet Mondrian
Sun, Church in Zeeland 1909–10
© 2007 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust c/o HCR International -
Germaine Richier
Hurricane Woman 1948-9, cast 1995
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2010 -
Meredith Frampton
Marguerite Kelsey 1928
© Tate -
Marcus Gheeraerts
Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee 1594 -
Cy Twombly
Quattro Stagioni 1993–4
© Cy Twombly -
David Hockney
Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy 1970–71
© David Hockney -
Henry Moore
King and Queen 1952–3, cast 1957
© The Henry Moore Foundation. DACS 2010 -
George Stubbs
Haymakers 1785 -
Lucian Freud
Standing by the Rags 1988–9 -
Sir Stanley Spencer
Swan Upping at Cookham 1915–19
© Est. of S. Spencer 2009. All rights reserved DACS -
Michael Andrews
Laughter Uluru 1985
© The estate of Michael Andrews -
Patrick Heron
10-11 July: 1992 1992
© Est.of Patrick Heron.All rights reserved,DACS 2010 -
Richard Hamilton
Hommage a Chrysler Corp 1957
© Richard Hamilton 2010 -
Jackson Pollock
Number 23 1948
© Pollack-Krasner Foundation ARS, NY, DACS 2010 -
Gary Hume
Water Painting 1999
© Gary Hume -
Peter Lanyon
Wreck 1963
© Sheila Lanyon. All rights reserved, DACS 2010 -
David Smith
Wagon II 1964
© The estate of David Smith -
Ellsworth Kelly
Black Square with Blue 1970
© Ellsworth Kelly -
Bridget Riley
Hesitate 1964
© 2006 Bridget Riley. All rights reserved. -
Frank Auerbach
The Sitting Room 1964
© Frank Auerbach -
Howard Hodgkin
Come into the Garden, Maud 2000-3
© Howard Hodgkin -
Morris Louis
VAV 1960
© The estate of Morris Louis -
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled 2001
© Rachel Whiteread -
Robert Rauschenberg
Almanac 1962
© Robert Rauschenberg/VAGA New York/DACS 2010 -
Mark Wallinger
Sleeper 2004
© Mark Wallinger -
Joan Miró
Message from a Friend 1964
© Succession Miro/ADAGP, Paris and DACS 2010 -
Chris Ofili
The Upper Room 1999-2002
© Tate, courtesy Chris Ofili -
Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Portrait of Mary Hill, Lady K 1638 -
Eileen Agar
Angel of Anarchy 1936-40
© The estate of Eileen Agar
