Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Marseille
| Date | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 59.8 x 80.7 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: Henri Martin. 21 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M720 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0134 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite or by himself, ca. October 1921, as “Port de Marseille” (Fr. 8,000) [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.
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-189.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 171, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1009.
- 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. 720, col. repr.