Updated 09 April 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
St. Catherine of Siena
Date | 1921 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard (with cradle) |
Size(cm) | 70.3 x 47.5 |
Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: MAVRICE DENIS 21 |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M395 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0079 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Galerie E. Druet, Paris on behalf of Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, and entered in the Gallery, 9 July 1921, stock no. 9564 [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 Maurice Denis, Galerie Druet, Paris, 21 November 1921 - 2 December 1921, no. 9.
- 1924
- Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888-1924, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 11 April 1924 - 11 May 1924, cat. no. 292.
- 1947
- Classiques de la peinture française moderne/ Meister der modernen französischen Malerei, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Vienne, 0 1947 - 0 1947, cat. no. 40.
- 1980
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 22 October 1980 - 5 November 1980, cat. no. 14
- 1980
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Kumamoto Prefectural Museum, Kumamoto, 11 November 1980 - 24 November 1980, cat. no. 14
- 1980
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, 29 November 1980 - 13 December 1980, cat. no. 14
- 1981
- Maurice Denis, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1 September 1981 - 18 October 1981, cat. no. 80
- 1982
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 1 October 1982 - 17 October 1982, cat. no. 19
- 1982
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Cultural Center of Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 23 October 1982 - 7 November 1982, cat. no. 19
- 1982
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Cultural Center of Kochi Prefecture, Kochi, 13 November 1982 - 28 November 1982, cat. no. 19
Bibliography
- 1933
- Denis, Maurice. Charmes et leçons de l'Italie. Paris, A. Colin, 1933 (2e édition en 1935), pl. 7, 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-108.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 97, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 558.
- 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. 395, col. repr.