Provenance

Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite or by himself, ca. October 1921 (Fr. 4,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 12 October 1921, as “Tête de jeune fille”, 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

1981

Impressionnisme Paris et Japon, Fuji Art Museum, 2 October 1981 - 8 November 1981, cat. no. 36, col. repr.

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-2.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 2, repr.

1981

Impressionnisme: Paris et Japon (exh. cat.). Fuji Art Museum, ed. Fujinomiya, Fuji Art Museum, 1981, pp. 23, 108, cat. no. 36, col. repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 7.

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. 5, col. repr.

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