This barren landscape suggests a scene that Henry Ossawa Tanner probably saw while in the Middle East in 1897 or 1898. The clear blue sky that appears through the opening of the deep canyon evokes a hot, sunny day in the desert region. Tanner applied thick paint and left his brushstrokes visible in order to convey the canyon’s rough terrain.
- Title
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The Canyon
- Artist
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- Dimensions
- 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x33.0 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Landscape – canyon
- Object Number
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1983.95.183
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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