Henry Ossawa Tanner
Fishing Boats at Shore, Brittany

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fishing Boats at Shore, Brittany
Datec.1905-1910, printed posthumously
Place depictedBrittany, France
MediumEtching and aquatint on wove paper, edition 27/120
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 12 3/4 in. (27.6 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carol Lynne Werner at Art + Paper 2017
Object number2016.225
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[New York, Swann Auction Galleries, “African-American Fine Art,” October, 6, 2016, lot 1]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in ink in plate, bottom right corner: H O TANNER [underlined]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: 3 [rotated clockwise]
Verso: Inscribed in ink, lower left: 27 / 120
Verso: Signed in ink, lower right: J O TANNER [cursive, directly on top of stamp]
Verso: Stamp in ink, lower right: WORKS OF ART BY / HENRY O. TANNER / AUTHENTICATED BY HIS / SON JESSE O. TANNER / LE DOUHET · FRANCE
Recto: Signed in ink in plate, bottom right corner: H O TANNER [underlined]
Verso: Signed in ink, lower right: J O TANNER [cursive, directly on top of stamp]
Recto: [none]
Verso: Stamp in ink, lower right: WORKS OF ART BY / HENRY O. TANNER / AUTHENTICATED BY HIS / SON JESSE O. TANNER / LE DOUHET · FRANCE

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