Updated 26 February 2020
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Ghardaia
Date | 1921 |
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Materials and Techniques | crayon and pastel on paper |
Size(cm) | 32.0 x 32.5 |
Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: J. L. Ghardaia 21 |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1655 |
Category | Drawings |
Collection Number | D.1959-0039 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. October 1921 (Fr. 4,000 for ‘six pastels Algérie’ by Launois) [see letter from Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 12 October 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.
Bibliography
- 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-167.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 908.
- 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. 1655, col. repr.