Henry Ossawa Tanner
Fishing Boats at Shore, Brittany

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Artist Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859–1937)American, 1859–1937

CultureAmerican

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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

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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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