Henry Ossawa Tanner, Street in Tangier, ca. 1910, oil on fiberboard, 13 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (34.5 x 26.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of James and Shirley Gordon, 1983.95.209
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Street in Tangier
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Dimensions
- 13 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (34.5 x 26.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of James and Shirley Gordon
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on fiberboard
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Figure group
- Cityscape — street
- Cityscape — Morocco — Tangier
- Architecture Exterior — detail — door
- Architecture Exterior — detail — arch
- Object Number
- 1983.95.209
Artwork Description
Henry Ossawa Tanner might have created this scene with a passage from the Gospel of Luke in mind. In the background, Mary and Joseph approach the inn at Bethlehem, represented by the shadowed entrance on the left (Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1991). Tanner did not visit Tangier until 1912, which suggests that he probably painted this scene in his Paris studio from postcards or photographs of the Moroccan city.
