Updated 24 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Reclining Nude
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 48.5 x 68.5 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M454 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0098 |
Provenance
Galerie F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris; purchased from the above by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. March 1922, as “Vénus couchée” (Fr. 6,000) [see letter from the Galerie F. & J. Tempelaere to Léonce Bénédite, dated 9 March 1922 and letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 28 February 1923, 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
- 1978
- European Landscape Painting, NMWA,Tokyo, 0 1978 - 0 1978, cat. no. 84, repr.
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 67, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 44, 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-145.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 29, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 20, 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. 26, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 119, repr.
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], "Matsukata Collection Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1989, pp. 51, 174, cat. no. 67, col. repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 644.
- 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. 454, col. repr.