Remembering Tate
Legacy Gifts
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Alexander Calder, 'Standing Mobile' 1937, © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002. Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of tax and allocated to Tate in 2002. This work is pictured on display at Tate Liverpool as part of the DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, 1 May 2009 – 1 April 2012.
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Close up of Alexander Calder, 'Standing Mobile' 1937, © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2002.
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Three bequeathed works - Centre: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 'The Hon. Miss Monckton' 1777-8. Top right: George Romney, 'Lady Hamilton as Circe' circa 1782. Bottom right: manner of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 'A Young Black (?Francis Barber)'. The artwork on the left, Angelica Kauffmann, 'Portrait of a Lady' 1967, was presented to the gallery by Mrs M. Bernard in 1967.
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Phillip Allen, 'Beezerspline (Counter Attack Version)' 2003, © Phillip Allen. Purchased with funds provided by the Nicholas Themans Trust in 2009. Installed in Classified: Contemporary Art at Tate Britain, 22 June – 3 May 2009.
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Sir John Everett Millais, 'Ophelia' 1851-2. Presented by Sir Henry Tate in 1894. On display in this photo at Tate Britain, this painting is one of the most popular works in the Tate Collection.
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Howard Hodgkin, 'Mr and Mrs E.J.P.' 1969-73, © Howard Hodgkin. Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of tax and allocated to the Tate Gallery in 1996.
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Installed in Dexter Dalwood and the Tate Collection at Tate St Ives, 23 January – 3 May 2010. Howard Hodgkin, 'Mr and Mrs E.J.P.' 1969-73, © Howard Hodgkin. Right: Hubert Dalwood Maquette for ‘Arbor’ 1971, © The estate of Hubert Dalwood.
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Richard Long, 'Red Slate Circle' 1988 © Richard Long. Purchased with funds provided by the Estate of Tom Bendhem 2004.
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Displayed at Tate Modern in 2000, Richard Long, 'Red Slate Circle' 1988, © Richard Long. Left wall: Richard Long, 'Waterfall Line' 2000. Presented by the artist (Building the Tate Collection) 2005.
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Pablo Picasso, 'The Three Dancers' 1925, © Succession Picasso/DACS 2002. Purchased with a special Grant-in-Aid and the Florence Fox Bequest with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery and the Contemporary Art Society in 1965.
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On display at Tate Modern, Pablo Picasso, 'The Three Dancers' 1925, © Succession Picasso/DACS 2002. Right wall: Francis Bacon, 'Three Figures and Portrait' 1975, © Estate of Francis Bacon. Purchased 1977.
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John Singer Sargent, 'Mrs Carl Meyer and her Children' 1896. Bequeathed by Adèle, Lady Meyer 1930, with a life interest for her son and grandson and presented in 2005 in celebration of the lives of Sir Anthony and Lady Barbadee Meyer, accessioned in 2009.
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