Exhibition History"Henry Ossawa Tanner 1859-1937," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jan. 20 - Apr. 14, 1991; (Circulated to: The Detroit Institute of Arts, May 12 - Aug. 4, 1991; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 17 - Nov. 24, 1991; The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (De Young), Dec. 15, 1991 - Mar. 1, 1992)
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983; (Circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
Carnegie Institute (date unknown - portion of old sticker indicates the painting was in an exhibition in Philadelphia)
"Exhibition of 19 Paintings from the J. S. Carpenter Collection," Art Gallery, Des Moines Public Library, Summer 1945
"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Sansom Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, Oct. 8 - 30, 1939
"The J.S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Iowa's Golden Biennial, Oakwood, Des Moines, June 16 - 23, 1920
"Henry O. Tanner," Thurber's Gallery, Chicago, 1911
Published ReferencesRaymond Wyer, "Art Collecting and Psychology," STUDIO INTERNATIONAL, 1915, ill. p.126
"The J. S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Iowa's Golden Prairie Biennial, Oakwood, Des Moines, 1920, exh. brochure ref.
"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. James Sansom Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, 1939, exh. brochure ref.
"Exhibition of 19 Paintings from the J. S. Carpenter Collection," Des Moines Public Library, 1945, exh. brochure ref.
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.37
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.207
Franz Willam, "Mary the Mother of Jesus", Sceptor Publishers, Inc., 2004, cover image
"Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit" Edited by Anna O. Marley, Pennsylvania Acadamy of ther Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and University of California Press, 2012, color ill. pg. 235
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983; (Circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
Carnegie Institute (date unknown - portion of old sticker indicates the painting was in an exhibition in Philadelphia)
"Exhibition of 19 Paintings from the J. S. Carpenter Collection," Art Gallery, Des Moines Public Library, Summer 1945
"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Sansom Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, Oct. 8 - 30, 1939
"The J.S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Iowa's Golden Biennial, Oakwood, Des Moines, June 16 - 23, 1920
"Henry O. Tanner," Thurber's Gallery, Chicago, 1911
Published ReferencesRaymond Wyer, "Art Collecting and Psychology," STUDIO INTERNATIONAL, 1915, ill. p.126
"The J. S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Iowa's Golden Prairie Biennial, Oakwood, Des Moines, 1920, exh. brochure ref.
"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. James Sansom Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, 1939, exh. brochure ref.
"Exhibition of 19 Paintings from the J. S. Carpenter Collection," Des Moines Public Library, 1945, exh. brochure ref.
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.37
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.207
Franz Willam, "Mary the Mother of Jesus", Sceptor Publishers, Inc., 2004, cover image
"Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit" Edited by Anna O. Marley, Pennsylvania Acadamy of ther Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and University of California Press, 2012, color ill. pg. 235
DimensionsFrame: 56 5/8 × 47 7/8 × 4 in. (143.8 × 121.6 × 10.2 cm)
Image (visible): 50 × 38 5/8 in. (127 × 98.1 cm)
Image (visible): 50 × 38 5/8 in. (127 × 98.1 cm)
Accession Number 1941.16
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedH.O. Tanner (l,r oil paint)
Inscriptions
MarksPaul Foinet fils (verso stamp on canvas)
ProvenanceArtist, France; J.S. Carpenter, Des Moines [purchased by 1915]; Des Moines Association of Fine Arts [acquired by 1938]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 1941]
