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Exhibition History"Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859-1937," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 20 - April 14, 1991; (Circulated to: The Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit, MI, May 12 - Aug. 4, 1991; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 17 - Nov. 24, 1991; The Fine Arts Musuem of San Francisco (De Young), Dec. 15 - Mar. 1, 1992)

"Across Continents and Cultures: Art and Life of Henry Ossawa Tanner" Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, June 25 - Aug. 20, 1995; Dallas Museum Art Sept. 7 - Dec. 31, 1995; Terra Museum American Art, Chicago, Jan. 12 - Apr. 28, 1996)
Published References"Across Continents and Cultures: Art and Life of Henry Ossawa Tanner," Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, 1995, exh. cat. ref. p.63, ill. pl.45, p.63

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.207

"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. 222
DimensionsOverall: 28 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (73 × 59.7 cm)
Accession Number 1964.76
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedH.O. Tanner (l,r oil paint)
InscriptionsInscription on back of stretcher describing casein technique
ProvenanceArtist, France. William W. and Edith King Pearson [acquired by 1944]; Des Moines Art Center [bequest by the previous, 1964]
Near East Scene
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henry Ossawa Tanner
ca. 1911
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henry Ossawa Tanner
ca. 1910
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henry Varnum Poor
1962
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henry Taylor
2019
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Byron Leslie Burford
1958
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anonymous
ca. 1850
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
James R. Hunt
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Alfred Henry Maurer
1928
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Joel Shapiro
2005