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The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

Artist (American, 1859 - 1937)
Date1922
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: H 40 3/8 x W 32 3/16 x D 2 in. (H 102.6 x W 81.8 x D 5.1 cm)
Image: H 32 x W 23 5/8 in. (H 81.3 x W 60 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Wehrhane, 1929
Object number29.910
On View
On view
Object NamePainting
Title Details
Published Title The Good Shepherd
Remarks 1981 Newark Museum Catalogue
Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. blue paint "H O TANNER / 1922"Marks and Labels/Stampsbacking: u.r., printed paper label "PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM / LOAN NO. 460-1990-001 / ARTIST Henry Tanner / Title The Good Shepherd / Attribution is that of the owner"ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Henry H. Wehrhane, New York, New YorkExhibition History"Henry O. Tanner: Modern Spirit", Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1/27 - 4/15/2012, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 5/26 - 9/9/2012, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, 10/21 -2012 - 1/13/2013.
Probably shown at the New York Public Library (1921) [1981 Newark Museum Catalogue]
Grand Central Galleries (1924)
"Henry Osswa Tanner, 1859-1937," Philadephia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania (January 20 - March 16, 1992)
"20th Century Afro-American Artists: Selections from the Collection of the Newark Museum," The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (June 18-October 14, 1985)
Anniversary Show, Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York (October 1972)
Bamberger's Newark for Art in America, Newark, New Jersey (October 1967)
South Side Community Art Center, Chicago Illinois (April 11-30, 1943) [see catalog, #14)
Union Congreational Church, Upper Montclair, New Jersey (October 4 - 14, 1930)

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