“I am simply M. Tanner, an American artist. Nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears. I live and work there in terms of absolute social equality.”
On settling in Paris, France (as quoted in “Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit” http://www.title-magazine.com/2012/03/henry-ossawa-tanner-modern-spirit/ in Title Magazine; 2012)
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