Updated 16 May 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Woman with Bared Breast
Date | 1867 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 80 x 65 |
Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower left: 67 / Gustave Courbet. |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | Fernier 625; M327 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0058 |
Provenance
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris; purchased from the above by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. March 1922 (Fr. 70,000) [see letter from Paul Rosenberg to Léonce Bénédite, dated 30 March 1922, 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
- Exposition d'art français, San Francisco, 0 1924 - 0 1925
- 1929
- Gustave Courbet, Petit Palais, Paris, 0 1929 - 0 1929, cat. no. 125
- 1949
- G. Courbet, Statensmuseum for Kunst, København, 0 1949 - 0 1949, cat. no. 7
- 1950
- Gustave Courbet, La Tour-de-Peilz, 0 1950 - 0 1950, cat. no. 9
- 1952
- Gustave Courbet, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon, 0 1952 - 0 1952, cat. no. 34
- 1960
- The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 18
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, P-082
- 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. 14 (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-082
- 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-082
- 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. 12
- 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. 12
- 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. 12
- 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. 14
- 1976
- Millet, Corot, Courbet et l'École de Barbizon, Musée Départemental d'Art Tochigi, Utsunomiya, 20 November 1976 - 24 December 1976, no. 72, repr.
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 19, col. repr.
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 17
- 2011
- Courbet-Crésinger: œuvres croisées, Musée Courbet, Ornans, 1 July 2011 - 3 October 2011, cat. no. (p. 132), col. repr.
- 2014
- Modern Western Paintings and the Old Matsukata Collection, Kagoshima City Museum of Art, Kagoshima, 18 July 2014 - 31 August 2014, cat. no. 20, col. repr.
- 2016
- The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream, Kobe City Museum, 17 September 2016 - 27 November 2016, cat. no. 31, col. repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka, Yamagata Museum of Art, 17 July 2021 - 27 August 2021, Takaoka Art Museum, 10 September-24 October 2021, cat. no. Y3_25 | T3_3, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1872
- Bruno, J. Les misères des gueux. Paris, 1872, repr. p. 72.
- 1906
- Riat, G. Gustave Courbet, peintre. Paris, 1906, p. 336.
- 1924
- Beaux-Arts. 15. 12. 1924, repr. p. 333.
- 1929
- Léger, C. Courbet. Paris, 1929 (Collection Maître d'Autrefois), pl. 11 (with the date 1850).
- 1931
- Courthion, P. Courbet. Paris, 1931, pl. 17.
- 1947
- Naef, H. Courbet. Bern, 1947, pl. 12.
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 1, col. repr.
- 1959
- Zusetsu Sekai Bunkashi Taikei. vol. 10, Tokyo, Kadokawa Shoten, 1959 (Japanese), no. 3, repr.
- 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-82.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 14, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 24, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 30, repr.
- 1978
- Fernier, R. La vie et l'œuvre de Gustave Courbet. tome 2, Lausanne/Paris, 1978, p. 52, no. 625, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 70, repr.
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], "Matsukata Collection Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1989, pp. 21, 159, cat. no. 19, col. repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 487.
- 2011
- Courbet, Clésinger: œuvres croisées(exh. cat.). [Besançon], Éditions du Sekoya, [2011], cat. (p. 132), col. repr.
- 2014
- Modern Western Paintings and the Old Matsukata Collection(exh. cat.). [Kagoshima], Kagoshima City Museum of Art, 2014, cat. no. 20,col. repr.
- 2016
- The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], Executive Committee of the Old Matsukata Collection, 2016, pp. 71, 253, cat. no. 31, col. repr.
- 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. 327, col. repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 142, 195, cat. no. Y3_25 | T3_3, col. repr.