Henry Ossawa Tanner
Flight into Egypt

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Artist Henry Ossawa TannerAmerican, 1859–1937

CultureAmerican

Titles

Flight into Egypt

Date1921

PlaceUnited States

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61.0 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Evan W. Burris in memory of her husband

Object number50.10

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. July 22 - Sept. 15, 1969. Exhibition catalogue
"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," Frederick Douglass Institute, 1969. #57, p.39.

"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," Cleveland museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 30 - Nov. 2, 1969.

"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 28, 1969 - Jan. 30, 1970

"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 20 - Mar. 29, 1970.

"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," Musaeum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Arr. 26 - May 31, 1970.

"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York.

"The Art of Henry O. Tanner," Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Sept. 15 - Oct. 25, 1970.

"American Painters in the Age of Impressionism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, Dec. 4, 1994 - Mar. 26, 1995. Exhibition catalogue published by MFA,H.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", February 22, 2004 - May 9, 2004.

"Houston Collects: African American Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, July 31-October 26, 2008.

"Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit," The Museum of Fine Arts, 21 October 2012 - 13 January 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated at lower right corner: "H.O. TANNER 1921"

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