Updated 20 June 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Church of Labastide
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 106.8 x 86 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Henri Martin. |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M715 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0129 |
Martin continued under the technical influence of the Post Impressionists until the end his life, and his compositions demonstrated the brilliant Fauvist palette during his later period. This work with its academic sense of modeling depicts the scenery of Labastide in the freshness of spring with the white blossoms of fruit trees and budding poplars. Martin spent his final years in Labastide. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. November 1918, as “L'eglise de Labastide” (Fr. 8,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 14 November 1918, 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
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 182, no. 63
- 1981
- Impressionnisme Paris et Japon, Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya, 2 October 1981 - 8 November 1981, cat. no. 34, repr.
- 1989
- The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 20, repr.
- 1989
- Peintures françaises de Millet à Braque, Murauchi Art Museum, 25 July 1989 - 27 August 1989, cat. no. 46, col. repr.
- 1996
- The Crossing Visions: European and Modern Japanese Art from the Collections of The National Museum of Western Art & The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July 1996 - 8 September 1996, cat. no. 36
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 180, cat. no. 63
- 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-184.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 166, repr.
- 1981
- Impressionnisme: Paris et Japon (exh. cat.). Fuji Art Museum, ed. Fujinomiya, Fuji Art Museum, 1981, pp. 39, 108, cat. no. 34, repr.
- 1989
- Peintures françaises: de Millet a Braque (exh. cat.). Murauchi Art Museum, ed. Hachioji, Murauchi Art Museum, 1989, cat. no. 46, col. repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1004.
- 1992
- The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p.31, cat. no. 21, col. repr
- 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. 715, col. repr.