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Study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop

ca. 1923
oil on wood panel
9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.0 x 33.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This study for Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop made Henry Ossawa Tanner's reputation. The story of Nicodemus visiting Christ at night spoke to African American worship habits that Tanner remembered from his youth: After emancipation, freed slaves continued to meet at night, as they had done when their masters had forbidden them to read the Bible...
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Study for Flight to Egypt

ca. 1899-1923
pencil and pastel on paper
8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (21.0 x 28.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion

1933
pencil and conte crayon on paper mounted on paperboard
15 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (38.3 x 36.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Study for Rachel from The Mothers of the Bible

ca. 1898
charcoal on paper
23 x 13 5/8 in. (58.4 x 34.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Study for the Annunciation

ca. 1898
oil on wood
8 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (21.5 x 27.4 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

1892
oil on paperboard
5 x 5 15/16 in. (12.7 x 15.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Study for the Disciple Peter

ca. 1933
conte crayon and charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (47.1 x 37.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Study for the Young Sabot Maker

ca. 1895
oil on canvas
16 1/4 x 13 in. (41.3 x 33.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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The Arch

1914
oil on canvas
39 1/4 x 38 3/16 in. (99.7 x 97 cm) Frame: 42 7/8 x 42 x 2 5/8 in. (108.9 x 106.7 x 6.7 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
h, in which the famous Arc de Triomphe is shown at night, brilliantly illuminated and rising above a crowd gathered at the Place d'Etoile. A rare contemporary French subject in Tanner's oeuvre of predominantly biblical and figural works, The Arch may have related to his turbulent feelings as an American expatriate on the outbreak of World War I.
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The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)

ca. 1930
oil on fiberboard
29 7/8 x 36 in. (75.8 x 91.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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