Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Peonies
Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
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Size(cm) | 46 x 55 |
Inscriptions | Signed lower left: Ernest Laurent |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M633 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0115 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. October 1920 (Fr. 2,500) [see Letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 8 October 1920, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy 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
- 1963
- The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, 5 October 1963 - 20 October 1963, P-170
- 1963
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume, 26 October 1963 - 10 November 1963, P-170
- 1981
- Impressionnisme Paris et Japon, Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya, 2 October 1981 - 8 November 1981, cat. no. 32, repr.
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-170.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 148, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 911.
- 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. 633, col. repr.