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Portrait of Painter Foujita
| Date | 1920's |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 167.5 x 90.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: E. Boyer. |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M97 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0027 |
Text Boyer, who was from a poor family, lost the use of one of his arms in an accident that took place while he was working at a printing press. Although he had never received any formal training in the arts, he was a painter of the so-called ﾉcole de Paris. The model is the painter Tsuguji Foujita (1886-1968), who was active in France during the first half of this century. Boyer captured his characteristic pageboy harirstyle and short mustache with an artless technique. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
[?] Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. 1941; 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
- 1989
- The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 27, repr.
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 58, 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-38.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 30.
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], "Matsukata Collection Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1989, pp. 46, 172, cat. no. 58, col. repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 100.
- 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. 97, col. repr.