Updated 10 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Study
| Date | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 81.5 x 63.3 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: Henri Martin / 20 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M716 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0130 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite or by himself, ca. October 1921, as “L'étude pour la décoration du Conseil d'Etat” (Fr. 3,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 12 October 1921, 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
- 0
- Rendez-vous dans le Midi, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 0 0 - 0 0, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, 2 juillet-24 septembre 2023, Fukushima Museum of Art, 7 octobre-10 décembre 2023, cat. no. 1-17, col. repr.
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 29
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-185.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 167, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1005.
- 2017
- Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017 (exh. cat.). Nakada, Asuka, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 52, 139, cat. no. 29, 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. 716, col. repr.
- 2023
- Rendez-vous dans le Midi (exh.cat.). Nakamura, Moe et al., eds. [Tokyo], Curators, 2023, pp. 43, 189, cat. no. 1-17, col. repr.