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Henry Ossawa Tanner, Gateway, Tangier
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Henry Ossawa Tanner

Gateway, Tangier

ca. 1910

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on plywood
Dimensions
57.2 × 48.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-131741

After a trip to Algeria in 1908, Henry Ossawa Tanner traveled often from his Paris studio to the western coast of North Africa, where he visited Tangier, Morocco. He shared a fascination with painting the Orient with other French artists such as Eugène Delacroix, who said one must go to Tangier to experience the "rare influence of the sun, which gives penetrating light to all things." In thi…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins

Registry history

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

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