Provenance

Georges Bernheim, Paris; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1919; purchased from Galerie Bernheim-Jeune by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. November 1921, as ‘La buire et la soupière’ (Fr. 35,000 for five watercolours by Cézanne) [see bill of sale of Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to Kojiro Matsukata, dated 10 November 1921, in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris; copy in NMWA curatorial files]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.

Exhibition History

1920

Cézanne Watercolors, Montross Gallery, New York, 10 February 1920 - 21 February 1920

1924

French Art, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 0  1924 - 0  1925, p. 15, cat. no. painting-5

1947

Les origines de l'art contemporain: la peinture française de Manet à Bonnard, Strasbourg Museum (also shown at Besançon and Nancy), 27 September 1947 - 0  0, cat. no. 56

1958

De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours: aquarelles, pastels, gouaches, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 27 June 1958 - 0  0, cat. no. 29, pl. 6

1960

The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 10

1962

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, P-044

1962

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Gallery of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, 17 November 1962 - 9 December 1962, cat. no. 8 (当館記録による）

1963

The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, 5 October 1963 - 20 October 1963, P-044

1963

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume, 26 October 1963 - 10 November 1963, P-044

1964

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido Prefecture, 22 August 1964 - 13 September 1964, cat. no. 20

1965

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, 22 September 1965 - 10 October 1965, cat. no. 17

1965

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, 20 October 1965 - 7 November 1965, cat. no. 17

1966

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Wakayama, 15 October 1966 - 4 November 1966, cat. no. 12

1966

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 12 November 1966 - 27 November 1966, cat. no. 12

1969

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Ibaraki Prefecture, Mito, 22 November 1969 - 21 December 1969, cat. no. 14

1972

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shinano Museum of Art of Nagano Prefecture, Nagano, 12 October 1972 - 5 November 1972, cat. no. 8

1973

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Kochi Prefecture, Kochi, 28 October 1973 - 25 November 1973, cat. no. 7

1974

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, 13 October 1974 - 10 November 1974, cat. no. 7

1974

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Saga Prefectural Museum, Saga, 16 November 1974 - 1 December 1974, cat. no. 7

1975

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, 1 November 1975 - 30 November 1975, cat. no. 8

1976

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 9 October 1976 - 7 November 1976, cat. no. 24

1977

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, 15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977, cat. no. 22

1982

Cézanne, Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, 12 March 1982 - 9 May 1982, cat. no. 30, col. repr.

1986

Cézanne, Isetan Museum of Art, 18 September 1986 - 7 October 1986, The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 10 Octber 1986-9 November 1986, The Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 15 November 1986-4 December 1986, cat. no. 52, col. repr.

1989

Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, Kunstmuseum Basel, 11 July 1989 - 17 September 1989

1989

The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 37, col. repr.

1989

The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 37

1996

The Crossing Visions: European and Modern Japanese Art from the Collections of The National Museum of Western Art & The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July 1996 - 8 September 1996, cat. no. 23

1997

Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 19 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 23

2001

French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 March 2001 - 24 June 2001

2010

Modern Drawings from the National Museum of Western Art: Selections from the Matsukata Collection and Post-1959 Acquisitions, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 February 2010 - 30 May 2010, cat. no. 10

2019

The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 123, col. repr.

2021

Cézanne: Drawing, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 6 June 2021 - 25 September 2021, cat. no. 50

Bibliography

1936

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne, son art, son œuvre. Paris, 1936 , no. 848.

1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris, 1948, repr. pl. XVII.

1955

La Collection Matsukata. Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 , no. 20. (in Japanese)

1958

Neumeyer, Alfred, Cézanne Drawings. New York/ London, 1958, p. 52, pl. 56.

1961

Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-44, repr.

1964

Guide du Musée national d'art occidental: Guide to the National Museum of Western Art. [Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art], 1964, pp. [42, 69.], P-44. repr.

1969

Les cent chefs-d'oeuvre du musée national d'art occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, c1969, cat. no. 10, repr.

1982

Cézanne: Liège, Musée Saint-Georges du 12 mars au 9 mai 1982 (exh. cat.). [Bruxelles], Crédit communal de Belgique, 1982, pp. 112-113, cat. no. 30, col. repr.

1984

Rewald, John. Les aquarelles de Cézanne: catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1984, no. 294.

1986

Cézanne (exh.cat.). Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 18 September-7 October, 1986; The Hyogo Perfectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, 10 October-9 November 1986; The Aichi Perfectural Art Gallery, 15 November-4 December 1986. Tokyo, The Tokyo Shimbun, cat. no. 52.

1989

The Old Matsukata Collection (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], "Matsukata Collection Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1989, pp. 35, 165, cat. no. 37, col. repr.

1989

Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 80, col. repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 376.

1990

Inoue, Akihiko: Ono, Masaharu. Cézanne Aquarelle. Kyoto, Korinsha, 1990, cat. no. 8. (in Japanese)

1996

The crossing visions: European and modern Japanese art: from the collection of the National Museum of Western Art & the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (exh.cat.). The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July-8 September 1996, The National Museum of Western Art; The National Museum of Modern Art, cat. no. 23.

1997

Expressiveness of Materials (exh.cat.). The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April-22 June 1997. The National Museum of Western Art; The National Museum Art, Osaka, cat. no. 5', list. no. 23.

2019

The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1486, col. repr.

2019

The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 214, 216, 370, cat. no. 123, col. repr.

2021

Cézanne Drawing (exh. cat.). Hauptman, Jodi; Friedman, Samantha, eds. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2021, pp. 60, 210, cat. no. 50, col. repr.

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