| Many years ago I only had a poor reproduction of this painting and asked for anyone with a better copy to contact me. Now finally, Roberto Bassi has sent me photos that he took in 2019 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice I have reproduced his photos in a restored French 18th century frame with the original Museum ticket. There are a few things to note, the ticket on the frame states that the name of this painting is Namouna and that it was painted in 1922. It certainly looks like an old ticket, and seemed to be on the original frame, thus I have no reason to doubt these details. However an enlargement of the signature of Tanoux with some digital contrast appears to show the date as 1921. There are a number of poor or or what we could call fake Tanoux copies of this painting that can be found on the internet, however I think this is not a copy but is in fact the original. A close look at an enlarged 3 inch detail shown below clearly demonstrates the amazing talent of Tanoux. (Note the original painting may have been 41 x 27 cm it is shown here as 40 x 27 cm click on the image to see an enlargement) |
