Updated 07 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Les Roch-Noires
| Date | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 56 x 76 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower center: MAVRICE DENIS |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M392 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0076 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Galerie E. Druet, Paris ca. October 1920, stock no. 9263 [see records in the Archives Catalogue raisonné Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye]; 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
- 1921
- Exposition annuelle, 1er Groupe, Galerie Druet, Paris, 7 May 1921 - 18 May 1921, no. 3.
- 1921
- Exposition Maurice Denis, Galerie Druet, Paris, 21 November 1921 - 2 December 1921, no. 3.
- 1923
- Spolek vytvarnych umĕlců Mánes. 66. Vystava. Vystava francouzského umĕní XIX. a XX. Století/ Association des artistes Mánes. 66e exposition. Exposition de l’art français des XIXe et XXe siècles, Maison municipale, Prague, 0 May 1923 - 0 June 1923, no. 288.
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 43
- 2023
- 国立西洋美術館, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March 2023 - 11 June 2023, cat. no. 84, as "Black Rocks, Perros-Guirec"
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-105.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 94, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 555.
- 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. 392, 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. 119, 209, cat. no. 84, col. repr.