Henry Ossawa Tanner
Gateway in Tangier

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Gateway in Tangier
Datec.1905-1910, printed posthumously
Place depictedTangier, Morocco
MediumEtching and aquatint on wove paper, edition 113/120
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 10 13/16 in. (33.3 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carol Lynne Werner at Art + Paper 2017
Object number2016.226
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[New York, Swann Auction Galleries, “African-American Fine Art,” October, 6, 2016, lot 2]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed in ink in plate, bottom right corner: T. [encircled]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: H 4
Verso: Inscribed in ink, lower left: 113 / 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: Initialed in ink in plate, bottom right corner: T. [encircled]
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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