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Wakening
| Date | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
| Size（cm） | 26.5 x 40.8 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated upper right: Besnard / 1889 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M51 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0019 |
Provenance
John Levy Galleries, Paris, where purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 1921, as “Le Reveil [sic]” [see letter from John Levy Galleries to Léonce Bénédite, dated 22 November 1921, 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
- 2015
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition]Lithographs and Etchings from Fin-de-Siècle France, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 17 March 2015 - 31 May 2015, cat. no. 35
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-19.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 21, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 47.
- 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. 51, col. repr.