Updated 08 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Young Mother
| Date | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 160 x 98 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: MAVRICE DENIS / 1919 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M389 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0073 |
Provenance
Galerie E. Druet, Paris, where purchased 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
- 1919
- Exosition au profit des œuvres de guerre de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Grand Palais, Paris, 1 May 1919 - 30 June 1919, no. 2800
- 1920
- Salon Triennal - Driejaarlijksche Tentoonstelling: Kunst van Heden - L'Art contemporain, Salle des fêtes, Anvers, 5 June 1920 - 8 August 1920, no. 78
- 1922
- Exposition annuelle: 1er Groupe, Galerie Druet, Paris, 25 June 1922 - 25 August 1922, no. 2
- 1922
- XLIIe Exposition: Salon de 1922, Salle des fêtes, parc de la Citadelle, Gand, 25 June 1922 - 25 August 1922, no. 483
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 179, no. 31
- 1981
- Maurice Denis, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1 September 1981 - 18 October 1981, cat. no. 74
- 2023
- 国立西洋美術館, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March 2023 - 11 June 2023, cat. no. 83
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 177, cat. no. 31
- 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-102.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 91, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 552.
- 1993
- Bouillon, Jean-Paul. Maurice Denis. Genève, A. Skira, 1993, p. 172
- 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. 389, 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. 118, 209, cat. no. 83, col. repr.