Updated 31 October 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Woman with a Blue Bodice
Date | 1920 |
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Materials and Techniques | pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper |
Size(cm) | 33.0 x 23.0 |
Inscriptions | Signed (falsely?) in pencil lower right: Picasso (the signature is absent on the photo. repro. in Zervos, 1949); Dated in pencil on the verso: 24-3-20 |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | Zervos III 361; Cooper 246; M1725 |
Category | Drawings |
Collection Number | D.1959-0044 |
Picasso, who visited Rome in 1917, was greatly influenced by classical art. Strong outlines became very prominent in comparison to works from his period of cubism, which sought to resolve objects into their constituent shapes. It was the beginning of his so-called Neo-Classical period. Even in this sketch from 1920, there is a fullness and precision to the lines, and the figure of the model conveys an imposing sense of volume. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg, Paris; purchased from Paul Rosenberg, Paris by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. November 1921, as ‘Italian woman’ (Fr. 8,000, with a marble by Rodin, ‘La douleur’) [see letter from Rosenberg to Léonce Bénédite, 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
- 1960
- The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 98
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, P-221
- 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. 42 (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-221
- 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-221
- 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. 56
- 1965
- Picasso et le théâtre, Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, 22 June 1965 - 15 September 1965, cat. no. 85
- 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. 45
- 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. 46
- 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. 45
- 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. 45
- 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. 46
- 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. 53
- 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. 52
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 57
- 1998
- Picasso 1917-1924 : the Italian journey, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 14 March 1998 - 12 July 1998, cat. no. 89, 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
- 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. 35
- 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. 117, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1949
- Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso. vol. 3, Paris, 1949, no. 361.
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata. Tokyo, Asahi-Shimbun, 1955, no. 30. (in Japanese)
- 1959
- Mizue: a monthly review of the fine arts. no. 653, September 1959, p. 73. (in Japanese)
- 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-221.
- 1967
- Cooper, Douglas. Picasso: Théâtre. Paris, Editions Cercle d'art, 1967, no. 246.
- 1971
- Takashina Shuji. The Matsukata Collection. Kyoto, Shibundo, 1971 (Kindai-no-Bijutsu, vol. 2), fig. 104. (in Japanese)
- 1981
- Takashina, Shuji. Shin-Kotenshugi-no Jidai: 1917-1930. Tokyo, Kodansha, 1981 (The Complete Works of Picasso, vol. 4), no. 15. (in Japanese)
- 1989
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), p. 111, cat. no. 106.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1184.
- 1995
- Picasso's paintings, watercolors, drawings and sculpture: a comprehensive illustrated catalogue, 1885-1973. tome 2, Neoclassicism I, 1920-1921, San Francisco, 1995, no. 20-004.
- 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. 1725, col. repr.