Francis Bacon
Turning Figure circa 1959-62
Pencil and oil on paper
image: 339 x 263 mm
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anoymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998 Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2002
Marcel Dzama
Untitled 2000
Ink and watercolour on paper
350 x 280 mm
Presented by the American Fund for the Tate Gallery, courtesy of the American Acquisitions Committee 2005, accessioned 2008 Marcel Dzama, courtesy of David Zwirner, New York
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Vulture II circa 1912-13
Drawing on paper
support: 387 x 254 mm
Presented by C. Frank Stoop through the Contemporary Art Society 1930
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Verso: Traces of Sketch of Bison circa 1912-13
Drawing on paper
support: 216 x 343 mm
Presented by C. Frank Stoop through the Contemporary Art Society 1930
Sir Stanley Spencer
Self-Portrait 1913
Pen and ink and chalk on paper
345 x 215 mm
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2005 Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2002
Oskar Kokoschka
Houses of Parliament II 1967
Black crayon on paper
support: 562 x 766 mm
Presented by Mrs Olda Kokoschka, the artist's widow 1990 The estate of Oscar Kokoschka
David Hockney
Study for 'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy' 1970
Drawing on paper
support: 429 x 356 mm
Presented by the artist 1972 David Hockney
Pierre Bonnard
Preparatory Sketch for 'Coffee' 1915
Pencil on paper
unconfirmed: 96 x 137 mm
Purchased 1992 ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2002
Tate’s modern and contemporary British and international drawings cover a wide range of genres, aesthetics and styles, from the sketchbook drawings of Oskar Kokoschka to the serpentine forms of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, the visceral sketches of Francis Bacon and the absurd subjects of Marcel Dzama.
Prints and Drawings Rooms
The full range of modern and contemporary drawings in the collection can be surveyed in the Prints and Drawings Rooms.