Gateway in Tangier

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

Printer Jesse O. Tanner

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

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Prints and Drawings

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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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