Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Constantine, Algeria
Date | 1921 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard (with cradle) |
Size(cm) | 65.3 x 43 |
Inscriptions | Signed lower right: MAVRICE DENIS |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M384 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0068 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921 (Fr. 8,000) [see letters dated 10 December and 13 December 1921 from Galerie E. Druet to Léonce Bénédite, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copies 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
- 1921
- Exposition Maurice Denis, Galerie Druet, Paris, 21 November 1921 - 2 December 1921, no. 31.
- 1922
- Exposition nationale coloniale de Marseille (section officielle des Beaux-Arts, Société des peintres orientalistes français), Marseille, 16 April 1922 - 19 December 1922, no. 269, repr.
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 179, no. 33
- 1960
- The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 33
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, P-097
- 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. 19 (当館記録による)
- 1981
- Maurice Denis, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1 September 1981 - 18 October 1981, cat. no. 79
- 1982
- Exposition coloniales 1906-22, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 0 November 1982 - 0 February 1983, cat. no. 3-13, repr.
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 177, cat. no. 33
- 1945
- Barazzetti, S. Maurice Denis. Paris, 1945, p. 291.
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 26, col. 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-97.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 24, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 86, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 547.
- 2004
- Delannoy, Agnès. Maurice Denis. Paris, Editions Cercle d'Art, 2004, no. 55, 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. 384, col. repr.