Henry Ossawa Tanner, Street in Tangier
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Henry Ossawa Tanner

Street in Tangier

ca. 1910

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on fiberboard
Dimensions
34.5 × 26.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-130055

Henry Ossawa Tanner might have created this scene with a passage from the Gospel of Luke in mind. In the background, Mary and Joseph approach the inn at Bethlehem, represented by the shadowed entrance on the left (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991). Tanner did not visit Tangier until 1912, which suggests that he probably painted this scene in his Paris studio from postcards or photographs of the M…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of James and Shirley Gordon

Registry history

  • ca. 1910 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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