Watercolour and graphite on paper
Colour Studies (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCXCI (b)]
Colour Studies (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCXCI (b)]
Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6
Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Colour Studies (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCXCI (b)]
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
A Curtained Bed with a Naked Couple Engaged in Sexual Activity
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
figure
man
people
sex
sex and relationships
society
woman
paper unique watercolour graphite
1 November 2001 – 31 August 2003
2003-08-31
6 September 2002 – 5 January 2003
2003-01-05
2002-09-06
Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York, USA)
2001-11-01
Exposed: The Victorian Nude
Exhibition
5 November 2016 – 31 August 2025
2025-08-31
5 November 2016 – 5 February 2017
2017-02-05
2016-11-05
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
18 March 2017 – 16 July 2017
2017-07-16
2017-03-18
Auckland Art Gallery (Auckland, New Zealand)
11 August 2017 – 4 February 2018
2018-02-04
2017-08-11
Seoul Olympic Museum of Art (Seoul, South Korea)
24 March 2018 – 24 June 2018
2018-06-24
2018-03-24
Yokohama Museum of Art (Yokohama, Japan)
13 July 2018 – 28 October 2018
2018-10-28
2018-07-13
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
2016-11-05
Nude: art from the Tate collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
9 July 2022 – 31 October 2022
2022-10-31
9 July 2022 – 31 October 2022
2022-10-31
2022-07-09
Turner’s House (Twickenham, UK)
2022-07-09
Behind Closed Doors
Loan-out
A Curtained Bed, with a Naked Couple Engaged in Sexual Activity
support: 77 × 101 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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Catalogue entry
2014-09-03T00:00:00
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