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Freedom of Information at Tate Page 1 of 127 TATE Immunity from Seizure This page contains information about works of art that are intended to form part of a forthcoming exhibition at Tate, which may be covered by immunity from seizure. Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure for cultural objects which are loaned from overseas to temporary public exhibitions in approved museums or galleries in the UK where conditions are met when the object enters the UK. The conditions are: The object is usually kept outside the UK The object is not owned by a person who is resident in UK The import of the object does not contravene any law The object is brought into UK for purpose of a temporary public exhibition at an approved museum or gallery The museum or gallery has published information about the object You can find links to all works currently being proposed or covered by Immunity from Seizure You can find out more about immunity from seizure on the DCMS website . Tate's policy on due diligence and provenance research (PDF, 27K) For further enquiries, please write to: Immunity from Seizure Director's Office Tate Millbank London SW1P 4RG Turner and the Masters Tate Britain (London, UK) from 21 Sep 2009 until 24 Jan 2010. Thomas Girtin (1775-1802, born: London, died: London) X26035 Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island c. 1797 mhtml:file://M:\CLAE\CLAE work with museums\Immunity from Seizure listings at Ta... 15/01/2010 Freedom of Information at Tate Page 2 of 127 on paper, unique Watercolour on paper support: 381 x 520 mm frame: 610 x 762 mm Provenance: Coll: Hopkins (St Michael's Mount) W Palser, 1906; Metropolitan Museum, New York, Rogers Fund, 1906 Nationality of Artist: British Identifying Marks:Not Known Catalogue Raisonne: Thomas Girtin and David Loshak, "The Art of Thomas Girtin, with a catalogue" (London, 1954), p. 159, no. 185 Jacob van Ruisdael (1628-1682) X22034 Rough Sea at Jetty 1650s painting Oil on canvas support: 985 x 1314 mm frame: 1295 x 1651 x 102 mm Purchased in 1989 Provenance: (Hoogeveen et. al. sale, van de Linden and de Winter, Amsterdam, 5 June 1765, no. 36 ); purchased for 214 Dutch florins by (Pierre Fouquet, Amsterdam) for Gerrit Braamcamp [1699 -1771], Amsterdam; (his sale, de Bosch, Amsterdam, 4 June 1766, no. 6, as by Dubbels); bought in, 160 Dutch florins, for Braamcamp; (his sale, van de Schley, Amsterdam, 31 July 1771, no. 198); purchased by (Pierre Fouquet) for 264 Dutch florins. (Paillet and Coclers, Paris); (their sale, Paris, 26-27 August 1801, no. 17); sold to (or bought in by) Louis-François-Jacques Boileau for 1460 francs. (Jaufret, et al. sale, Paillet and Delaroche, Paris, 18-25 April 1803, no. 199); purchased for 1601 francs by Sigismund Ehrenreich, Graf von Redern [1761-1841]. Marquês de Marialva, probably Pedro José Joaquim Vito de Menezes, 6th marquês de Marialva and 8th count of Cantanhede [1765- 1823], Portugal; his heirs, Portugal; purchased for 9000 francs (£360) by (John Smith, London), 1824; purchased for £500 by Robert Bankes Jenkinson, 2nd earl of Liverpool [1770-1828], 1826; (his sale, Christie's, London, 25 March 1829, no. 76); purchased for £530.5 for Henry Petty- FitzMaurice, 3rd marquess of Lansdowne [1780-1863], Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire; by descent to his son, Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th marquess of Lansdowne [1816-66], Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire; by descent to his son, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th marquess of Lansdowne, and 9th lord Nairne [1845-1927], Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire; by descent to his son, Henry William Edmond Petty-FitzMaurice, 6th marquess of Lansdowne, and 10th lord Nairne [1872-1936], Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire; by descent to his son, Charles Hope Petty- FitzMaurice, 7th marquess of Lansdowne, 11th lord Nairne [1917-1944], Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire. Probably his sister, Katherine Evelyn Constance Petty-FitzMaurice Bigham, Lady Nairne [1912-1995], Bignor Park, Pulborough, Sussex. (Possibly Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, c. 1950-55). Possibly private collection, England. (Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, by 1977); Charles C. Cunningham [1910-1979], Boston, 1977; probably his heirs; purchased by (Artemis, London), 1988; (French and Company, Inc., New York); purchased by Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1989. Nationality of Artist: Dutch Identifying Marks: Place of manufacture: Netherlands mhtml:file://M:\CLAE\CLAE work with museums\Immunity from Seizure listings at Ta... 15/01/2010 Freedom of Information at Tate Page 3 of 127 Catalogue Raisonne: X26038 Rough Sea c.1670 painting Oil on canvas support: 1070 x 1258 mm frame: 1378 x 1556 x 89 mm Provenance: Acquired in Holstein, Germany by Georg Ernst Harzen (b. 1790 - d. 1863), Hamburg. Richard Foster (d. 1830), Clewer Park, Berkshire, England; by descent to Edmund Foster (d. 1863), Clewer Park; by descent to Edmund Benson Foster (b. about 1850), Clewer Park; July 13, 1895, Richard Foster sale, Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, lot 70, to Colnaghi. Until 1906, Alfred Beit (b. 1853 - d. 1906), London; 1906, by inheritance to his brother, Sir Otto John Beit (b. 1865 - d. 1930), London [see note 1]; 1930, probably by inheritance to his widow or his son, Sir Alfred Lane Beit (b. 1903 - d. 1994), London [see note 2]. Duits, London. 1956, Rudolf J. Heinemann (dealer, b. 1920 - d. 1975), New York and Agnew's, London (joint account) [see note 3]; 1957, sold by Heinemann to the MFA for $39,000. (Accession Date: January 10, 1957) NOTES: [1] The painting was in his possession until at least 1929, when he lent it to the Exhibition of Dutch Art, 1450-1900 (London: Royal Academy of Art, 1929), cat. no. 100. [2] Upon Otto Beit's death in 1930, his collection was divided between his widow and his son. See Adrian Le Harivel et al., "The Beit Collection" (Dublin: National Gallery of Ireland, 1988). [3] Agnew's purchased a half-share in the painting from Heinemann in October, 1956 and sold it back to him in February, 1957. Nationality of Artist: Dutch Identifying Marks: Signature lower left, Ruisdael Place of Manufacture: Not Known Catalogue Raisonne: Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851, born: London, died: Chelsea) X26037 mhtml:file://M:\CLAE\CLAE work with museums\Immunity from Seizure listings at Ta... 15/01/2010 Freedom of Information at Tate Page 4 of 127 Venice from the Porch of the Madonna della Salute 1835 painting Oil on canvas support: 912 x 1333 mm Provenance: H.A. Munro of Novar, London (by 1847-60; sale, Christie's, London, March 26, 1860, no. 150, for £2,520 to Gambart); [Gambart, London, from 1860; sold to Heugh]; John Heugh, Manchester (until 1862, sold to Angew); [Agnew, London, 1862; sold to Mendel]; Sam Mensel, Manley Hall, Manchester (1862-75; cat., 1867, no. 125; his sale, Christie's, London, April 24, 1875, no. 445, for £7,350 to Agnew); [Agnew, London, 1875, sold to Dudley]; WIlliam Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, Dudley House, London (1875-d. 1885); William Humble Ward, 2nd Early of Dudley, Dudley House (1865- 1886/7; sold through Farrer to Vanderbilt); Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York (1886/87-d. 1899); Metropolitan Museum, New York, bequest of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1899 (99.31) Nationality of Artist: British Identifying marks: none Place of Manufacture: Not recorded Catalogue Raisonne: Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, "The Paintings of J.M.W.Turner", revised edition (New Haven and London, 1984) p. 212, no. 362 X03510 Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures in la Chiesa Redentore, Venice exhibited 1841 painting Oil on canvas support: 736 x 1155 mm frame: 956 x 1368 mm Provenance: Bought from Charles Birch in December 1847 by Joseph Gillott and resold by him to Thomas Rought in January 1849 (referred to as 'Jean Bellini' in both transactions); Lloyd Brothers; sale Foster's 13 June 1855 (60) bought in; bought by Agnew from Lloyd in 1857 and sold to Richard Hemming of Bentley Manor, Bromsgrove; bought back from Mrs Hemming in 1892 by Agnew and sold to Sir John Pender; sale Christie's 29 May 1897 (84) bought Agnew for J. Pierpont Morgan; in the Morgan collection until c. 1947 when bought by Myron Taylor, the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican; acquired from him in 1961 by Wildenstein and Agnew and sold in the same year to the Hon. Colin Tennant; acquired by a private collection in 1969; bought by The ArtColl Trust in 1999. Nationality of Artist: British Identifying Marks: Place of Manufacture: London, England Catalogue Raisonne: Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, "The Paintings of J.M.W.Turner", revised edition (New Haven and London, 1984) p. 242, no. 393 Pop Life: Art in a Material World Tate Modern (London, UK) from 01 Oct 2009 until 17 Jan 2010. mhtml:file://M:\CLAE\CLAE work with museums\Immunity from Seizure listings at Ta... 15/01/2010 Freedom of Information at Tate Page 5 of 127 Ashley Bickerton (born 1959, born: Barbados, active: Bali) X27569 Tormented Self Portrait (Susie at Arles) 1987-1988 sculpture Synthetic polymer paint, bronze powder and lacquer on wood, anodized aluminum, rubber, plastic, formica, leather, chrome-plated steel, and canvas object: 2271 x 1745 x 400 mm The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased 1988 Provenance: Ashley Bickerton Sonnabend Gallery, New York. Acquired from the artist in 1988 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired from above in 1988 Nationality of Artist: American Identifying Marks: not recorded Place of Manufacture: not recorded Chris Ofili Tate Britain (London, UK) from 27 Jan 2010 until 16 May 2010. Chris Ofili (born 1968, born: Manchester) X29174 Prince amongst Thieves 1999 painting Acrylic, oil, paper collage, glitter, polyester resin, map pins and elephant dung on linen mhtml:file://M:\CLAE\CLAE work with museums\Immunity from Seizure listings at Ta..