The sheer number and vulnerable nature of drawings, watercolours and prints in Tate’s collection means that only a small selection can be shown in the galleries at any one time. Visitors are however welcome to look at works on paper whether for pleasure or academic study, in the Prints and Drawings Rooms.
The Prints and Drawings Room holdings range from from sketchbooks and watercolours by visionary nineteenth century artist J.M.W. Turner, to modern and contemporary prints and drawings by leading international artists.
To find out which artworks are available to see in the Prints and Drawings Room visit Art & Artists and look out for artworks flagged with 'view by appointment'.
Explosion 1965–6
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© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
A Hurricane in the Desert (The Simoom), for Rogers’s ‘Poems’ c.1830–2
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Turning Figure c.1959–62
Tate
© Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2017