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Sir Joseph Duveen
Presented by Lord Duveen 1910
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Duveen, Joseph, Sir
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7 April 2014 – 12 October 2014
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7 April 2014 – 12 October 2014
2014-10-12
2014-04-07
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Sir Joseph Duveen
support: 1676 × 1060 mm
Presented by Lord Duveen 1910
<strong>Emil Fuchs</strong> 1866-1929
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<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/fuchs-sir-joseph-duveen-n05999" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05999</span></a> <strong>Sir Joseph Duveen</strong> 1903
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Inscribed 'Emil Fuchs 1903' t.r.<br/>
Oil on canvas, 66 x 41 3/4 (165 x 104)<br/>
Presented by Lord Duveen 1910<br/>
<em>Exh:</em> <em>Emil Fuchs</em>, Grafton Galleries, London, March 1905 (25)
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Sir Joseph Duveen (1843-1908), art dealer and benefactor; co-founder of Duveen Brothers Ltd. He was one of the most generous patrons of the Tate Gallery to which he presented in 1908 the five rooms known as The Turner Wing. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was presented by his son Joseph (later Lord) Duveen to be placed in a special niche in these rooms.
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The actual <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/metal" title="Glossary definition for 'Metal'"><span>bronze</span></a> racehorse which appears in the background of this painting was included in a sale of violins, pewter and works of art at Sotheby's on 19 December 1968, lot 194. The artist who made it was not identified.
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<strong>Published in:</strong><br/>
Ronald Alley, <em>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</em>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.228, reproduced p.228
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adults animals: mammals art dealer arts and entertainment collector / patron domestic Duveen, Joseph, Sir fine arts and music horse individuals: male interior - non-specific interiors knight man named individuals objects people portraits royalty and social rank sculpture work and occupations