Henry Ossawa Tanner
Mosque, Tangier
1912-1914, printed c. 1965
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
Mosque, Tangier
1912-1914, printed c. 1965
Physical Qualities
Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 337 × 276 mm. (13 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Plate: 241 × 184 mm. (9 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased in Memory of William Magruder by his Friends and Family
Object Number
2004.25
In 1913 Tanner began making prints, especially etchings. Here, the artist has produced a print on a typical Orientalist theme—the entryway into a mosque. In this scene Tanner has combined careful observation of people and architecture with a spontaneous and fluid line, aptly conveying the sense of movement and activity in a busy city. In addition to its light, people, and customs, Tanner, like many Western artists who ventured to North Africa, was fascinated by the exquisite Arab architecture.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2004; Samuel Rosenfeld, NY, by inheritance; Nathaniel Serper, NY; Grand Central Galleries, NY; Jesse O. Tanner
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Lure of Paris," December 7, 2005 - May 28, 2005.
Signed: one
Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix, BRC: [T in a circle]; VERSO: LR: [Estate stamp] "WORKS OF ART BY/ HENRY O. TANNER/ AUTHENTICATED BY HIS/ SON JESSE O. TANNER/ LE DOUHET. FRANCE"; (ink): "J.O. Tanner" (signed across stamp), "67/120."
