Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Two Women
Date | 1922 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 116 x 92 |
Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Aman Jean |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M4 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0001 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. July 1919 (Fr. 6,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 5 July 1919, as “Sommeil”, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; 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
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 177, no. 2 (with the title "Il sonno")
- 1963
- The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, 5 October 1963 - 20 October 1963, P-001
- 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-001
- 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. 48
- 1981
- Impressionnisme Paris et Japan, Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya, 2 October 1981 - 8 November 1981, cat. no. 35, repr.
- 1990
- The Silent Dialogue: Still Life in the West and Japan, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 21 April 1990 - 10 June 1990, cat. no. Ⅰ-2, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 175, cat. no. 2 (with the title "Il sonno")
- 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-1.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 1, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 6.
- 2018
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 4, col. repr.