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HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937)
Venice
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Oil on canvas, laid down on plywood, mounted to cardstock, circa 1897. 274x228 mm; 10
7
/
8
x9
inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto.With the artist’s estate ink stamp, and signed by the artist’s
son Jesse O.Tanner in ink, verso.
Provenance: the estate of the artist; Grand Central Art Galleries, NewYork, with their label on the
mount back, inscribed “Mr. Richard Long, Hampton Institute” in ink; Richard A. Long, Atlanta;
thence by descent to his estate.
Exhibited:
Georgia Collects
, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, January 24 - March 26, 1989, with
the label on the frame back.
Tanner visited Venice in the spring of 1897 on his return voyage from a trip to Palestine and Egypt
sponsored by RodmanWanamaker. He made stops in several Italian cities includingVenice, Naples,
Rome, Pisa and Florence.
[30,000/40,000]
