Updated 12 December 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Eternal Feminine
Date | 1890-95 |
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Materials and Techniques | pencil and watercolour on paper |
Size(cm) | 21.0 x 27.0 |
Inscriptions | none |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | Venturi 904; Rewald 385; M1489 |
Category | Drawings |
Collection Number | D.1959-0009 |
Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris; Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1919; Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred by French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 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. 53 (as Le Triomphe)
- 1953
- Cézanne; peintures, aquarelles, dessins, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, 30 July 1953 - 5 August 1953, cat. no. 32
- 1958
- De l'Impressionnisme á nos jour: aquarelles, pastels, gouaches, Musée national art moderne, Paris, 27 June 1958 - 0 0, cat. no. 26, pl. 4
- 1970
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, 18 October 1970 - 15 November 1970, cat. no. 8
- 1974
- Cézanne, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 30 March 1974 - 19 May 1974, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art 1 June-17 July 1974, the Fukuoka Cultural Center 24 July-18 August 1974, cat. no. 67
- 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. 9
- 1978
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 17
- 1982
- Paul Cézanne: Aquarelle, Kunsthalle Tübingen, 16 January 1982 - 21 March 1982, cat. no. 9, col. repr.
- 1986
- Cézanne, Isetan Museum of Art, 18 September 1986 - 7 October 1986, The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 10 Octber-9 November 1986, The Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 15 November-4 December 1986, cat. no. 53, col. repr.
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 19 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 24
- 2000
- Cézanne and Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, 5 January 2000 - 12 March 2000, cat. no. 68, col. repr.
- 2001
- French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 March 2001 - 24 June 2001, exhibited 15 May - 24 June
- 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. 12
- 2012
- Cézanne. Paris-Provence, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 28 March 2012 - 11 June 2012, cat. no. 49, col. repr.
- 2015
- The Aesthetic Value of Non-Carving(不刻), Sculptor Kim Chong Yung and His Era, The Museum of Art, Seoul National University, 7 May 2015 - 26 July 2015, p. 174, col. repr.
- 2021
- Cézanne: Drawing, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 6 June 2021 - 25 September 2021, cat. no. 40
- 2021
- Cézanne: Drawing, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 6 June 2021 - 25 September 2021, cat.no.40
Bibliography
- 1936
- Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne, son art, son œuvre. Paris, 1936, no. 904.
- 1940
- Paul Cézanne: 1858-1885. 2vols, Tokyo, Takamizawamokuhansha, 1940, cat. no. 374.
- 1948
- Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris, 1948, repr. pl. XVII.
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata. Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 , no. 22. (in Japanese)
- 1956
- Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. München, 1956, p. 77.
- 1959
- Mizue : a monthly review of the fine arts. no. 651, Special Number, July 1959 (in Japanese)
- 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-47.
- 1962
- Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au Cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. [vol.] Texte, Olten, 1962, pp. 66-67, cat. No. 79, fig. 29.
- 1962
- Cézanne. Tokyo, Heibonsha, 1962, (Master Pieces of the World, 9), pl. 30.
- 1972
- Dellis, M.. Note relative au tableau "La Belle Impéria". Arts et Livres de Provence. no. 81, 1972, p. 7.
- 1973
- Schapiro, Meyer. P. Cezanne. Ollivier, Louis-Marie, tran, Paris, [1973], pp. 36-37, repr.
- 1974
- Exposition Cézanne. Musée National d'Art Occidental, 30 March-19 May 1974; Musée de la Ville de Kyoto, 1 June-17 July 1974; Centre Culturel de Fukuoka, 24 July-18 August 1974. Tokyo, Yomiurishimbun, cat. no. 67.
- 1982
- Paul Cézanne, Aquarelle (exh. cat.). Adriani, Götz. Kunsthalle Tübingen, 16 January-21 March 1982. Köln, DuMont, cat. no. 9.
- 1984
- Rewald, John. Les aquarelles de Cézanne: catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1984, no. 385.
- 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. 53.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 379.
- 1990
- Inoue, Akihiko; Ono, Masaharu. Cézanne Aquarelle. Kyoto, Korinsha, 1990, cat. no. 11. (in Japanese)
- 1996
- Degas: beyond impressionism (exh. cat.). Kendall, Richard. The National Gallery, London, 22 May-26 August 1996; The Art Institute of Chicago, 28 September-5 January 1997. London, National Gallery Publications, no. 46.
- 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. 24.
- 1999
- Cézanne and Japan (exh. cat.). Yokohama Museum of Art; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art; NHK; The Tokyo Shimbun, eds. [Tokyo], NHK; NHK Promotions; The Tokyo Shimbun, 1999, p. 110, cat. no. 68, col. repr.
- 2012
- Cézanne.: Paris-Provence(exh. cat.). [Tokyo], Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., c2012, cat. no. 49, col. repr.
- 2015
- The aesthetic value of non-carving, sculptor Kim Chong Yung and his era (exh. cat.). Choi, Jong-Tae, ed. Seoul, Kim Chong Yung Musem, 2015, pp. 174, 339, col. repr.
- 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. 1489, col. repr.
- 2021
- Cézanne Drawing (exh. cat.). Hauptman, Jodi; Friedman, Samantha, eds. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2021, pp. 55, 211, cat. no. 40, col. repr.