Updated 30 September 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Gorse
| Date | ca. 1911 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard |
| Size（cm） | 34.5 x 36.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: MAVD |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M388 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0072 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Galerie E. Druet, Paris, ca. January 1917, stock no. 8745; purchased from Galerie E. Druet by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921 [see letters dated 10 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
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 120, col. repr.
- 2023
- 国立西洋美術館, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March 2023 - 11 June 2023, cat. no. 80, as "Gorse"
- 2025
- Living with Flowers: in Commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of the Museum's Relocation, National Crafts Museum, 14 March 2025 - 22 June 2025, cat. no. 28
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-101.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 90, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 551.
- 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. 388, col. repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 211, 213, 369, cat. no. 120, col. repr.
- 2023
- La Bretagne source d'inspiration: regards de peintres français et japonais (exh. cat.). Hakamata, Hiroyo, ed. Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, 2023, pp. 115, 209, cat. no. 80, col. repr.
- 2025
- Living with Flowers: in Commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of the Museum's Relocation (exh. cat.). Nakagawa, Tomoe; Hirokawa, Shoko; Himinami, Hiyori, eds. [Kanazawa], National Crafts Museum, 2025, p. 16, cat. no. 28, col. repr.