Slideshow of selected works
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
A favourite custom 1909
oil paint on wood
66 × 45.1 cm
Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1909
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Pierre Bonnard
The bath (Baignoire (Le bain)) 1925
oil paint on canvas
86 × 120.6 cm
Tate: Presented by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill through the Contemporary Art Society 1930
© Estate of Pierre Bonnard. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Louise Bourgeois
Femme 2007
gouache on paper
59.7 × 45.7 cm
Tate: Lent by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of The Easton Foundation 2013
© The Easton Foundation. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Image © Tate, London 2016
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John Currin
Honeymoon nude 1998
oil paint on canvas
116.8 × 91.4 cm
Tate: Purchased with assistance from Evelyn, Lady Downshire’s Trust Fund 1999
© John Currin
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Giorgio De Chirico
The uncertainty of the poet (L’incertitude du poète) 1913
oil paint on canvas
106 × 94 cm
Tate: Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund (Eugene Cremetti Fund), the Carroll Donner Bequest the Friends of the Tate Gallery and members of the public 1985
© Estate of Giorgio de Chirico. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Herbert Draper
The lament for Icarus exhibited 1898
oil paint on canvas
182.9 × 155.6 cm
Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1898
Image © Tate, London 2016
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William Etty
Candaules, King of Lydia, shews his wife by stealth to Gyges, one of his ministers, as she goes to bed exhibited 1830
oil paint on canvas
45.1 × 55.9 cm
Tate: Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Lucian Freud
Standing by the rags 1988–89
oil paint on canvas
168.9 × 138.4 cm
Tate: Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund, the Friends of the Tate Gallery and anonymous donors 1990
© Lucian Freud Archive/Bridgeman Images
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Frederic, Lord Leighton
The bath of Psyche exhibited 1890
oil paint on canvas
189.2 × 62.2 cm
Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1890
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Henri Matisse
Draped nude (Femme nue drapée) 1936
oil paint on canvas
45.7 × 37.5 cm
Tate: Purchased 1959
© Succession H Matisse. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Sir John Everett Millais
The knight errant 1870
oil paint on canvas
184.1 × 135.3 cm
Tate: Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Amedeo Modigliani
Seated nude with necklace (Nu assis au collier) 1917
oil paint on canvas
91.5 × 59.7 cm
The Lewis Collection
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Ron Mueck
Wild man 2005
mixed media
285 × 161.9 × 108 cm
Tate: ARTIST ROOMS, acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
© Ron Mueck
Photo: Tate/NPG Scotland, Marcus Leith
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Pablo Picasso
Nude woman in a red armchair (Femme nue dans un fauteuil rouge) 1932
oil paint on canvas
129.9 × 97.2 cm
Tate: Purchased 1953
© Pablo Picasso/Succession Pablo Picasso. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Auguste Rodin
The kiss 1901-04
Pentelican marble
182.2 × 121.9 × 153 cm
Tate: purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and public contributions 1953
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Two women (Zwei frauen) 1912
oil paint on canvas
76.5 × 84.5 cm
Tate: Presented by the executors of Dr Rosa Schapire 1954
© Karl Schmidt-Rotluff/Bild-Kunst. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Sylvia Sleigh
Paul Rosano reclining 1974
oil paint on canvas
137.2 × 198.1 cm
Tate: Purchased with the support of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2015
© Tate
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Philip Wilson Steer
Seated nude: the black hat c1900
oil paint on canvas
50.8 × 40.6 cm
Tate: Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1941
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Alfred Stevens
Study of a kneeling boy bending a bow, for Dorchester House c1860
chalk on paper
32.1 × 25.7 cm
Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1923
Image © Tate, London 2016
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William Strang
The temptation 1899
oil paint on canvas
122 × 137.2 cm
Tate: Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1999
Image © Tate, London 2016
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Sir Hamo Thornycroft
Teucer 1881
bronze
240.7 × 151.1 × 66 cm
Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1882
Image © Tate, London 2016