Henry Ossawa Tanner, Side B
This work by Henry Ossawa Tanner is actually a two-sided piece! The other side of the work (side B) is cataloged as Study for
Disciples at the Tomb and was likely painted in 1904.
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Study for
Disciples at the Tomb, oil on canvas, 46 1/2 x 35 in., Museum purchase, Club of Forty Fund, 28.1.b.
CRMA staff members Judy Frauenholtz and Carlis Faurot carefully hold the work, showing the second side after it has been removed from the gallery wall. This orientation (upside down) corresponds to the way
Return of the Holy Women was painted.
Please click on the link below to see the letter the Art Association (now the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art) received from Henry Osswa Tanner after he learned that his piece was purchased to be part of our permanent collection.
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