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A.R.C. Canteen, World War I

1918
charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard
17 1/2 x 22 in. (44.4 x 55.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Abraham's Oak

1905
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (54.4 x 72.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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And He Disappeared out of Their Sight

ca. 1898
oil on plywood
10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (27.1 x 35.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
The son of a minister, Henry Ossawa Tanner dedicated himself to painting religious subjects, and his trips to the Holy Land in 1897 and 1898 helped to inspire his work. This scene from the Gospel of Luke shows the resurrected Christ and two of his disciples sitting down to dinner. His followers do not recognize Jesus until he blesses the bread and...
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Angels Appearing before the Shepherds

ca. 1910
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (65.3 x 81.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Capsized Fishing Boats, Brittany

etching and aquatint on paper
plate: 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (14.8 x 19.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Christ Walking on the Water

etching on paper
7 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. (18.3 x 24.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Crossing the Atlantic (Return Home)

1894
watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
9 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. (25.2 x 34.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Fishermen at Sea

ca. 1913
oil on canvas
46 x 35 1/4 in. (116.9 x 89.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Flight into Egypt

ca. 1916-1922
oil on wood
16 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (43.0 x 43.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Gateway, Tangier

ca. 1910
oil on plywood
22 1/2 x 19 in. (57.2 x 48.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
architecture. It is unclear whether Tanner painted this image in his Paris studio or on-site, but it may have been a study for a larger work, Entrance to the Casbah, which has a similar composition and was completed a couple of years later.
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