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HENRY OSSAWA TANNER (1859 - 1937)
The Good Shepherd
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Oil on wood panel, circa 1917. 210x273 mm; 8
1
/
4
x10
3
/
4
inches.With the artist’s estate ink stamp,
and signed by the artist’s son, Jesse O.Tanner, in ink, verso.
Provenance: estate of the artist; Grand Central Art Galleries, NewYork; private collection, NewYork.
This is one of several small Tanner paintings of the shepherd and his flock. This loosely painted
panel is an apparent study for the painting
Shepherd with Herd
sold at Christie’s, NY, on December
2, 1998. Tanner experimented in these simple tonal studies with his application of paint. In this
small work, with various layers of thin oil paint, Tanner leaves suggestive marks across the board,
leaving exposed areas of ground.
[20,000/30,000]