Updated 23 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Terrace at Tonquédec
| Date | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard (with cradle) |
| Size（cm） | 75 x 50 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower left: MAV D. 13 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M397 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0081 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist for 1,500 fr. by Galerie E. Druet, Paris, 20 October 1913, stock no. 7841 [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
- 1917
- Exposition de peinture française moderne, galerie Moos, Genève, 7 August 1917 - 30 September 1917, no. 19
- 1918
- Exposition de tableaux et dessins: l'impressionisme français, Meise, Zurich, 3 June 1918 - 30 June 1918, no. 31
- 1919
- Contemporary French Art, Paterson’s Gallery, London, 0 December 1919 - 0 0, cat. no. 6
- 1924
- Inaugural Exposition of French Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 0 1924 - 0 1925, no. 66, repr.
- 1978
- European Landscape Painting, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, 3 November 1978 - 15 January 1979, cat. no. 83
- 1981
- Maurice Denis, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1 September 1981 - 18 October 1981, cat.no. 72
- 2023
- 国立西洋美術館, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March 2023 - 11 June 2023, cat. no. 79
Bibliography
- 1919
- French painting of today: a bond-street exhibition. The Times. Friday, December 5, 1919
- 1919
- Phillips, Sir Claude. Paterson's gallery. contemporary French painting. The Daily Telegraph. Saturday, December 6, 1919
- 1919
- Paterson's gallery. contemporary French art. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. vol. 35, no. 201, Dec., 1919, p. 278
- 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-110.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 68, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 73, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 99, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 560.
- 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. 397, 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. 114, 208-209, cat. no. 79, col. repr.