Provenance

Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite or by himself, ca. October 1921, as “Vue du jardin avec une femme” (Fr. 12,000) [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

1981

Impressionnisme Paris et Japon, Fuji Art Museum, Fujinomiya, 2 October 1981 - 8 November 1981, cat. no. 33, col. repr.

1982

From impressionism to école de Paris : its passion and struggle, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 3 November 1982 - 12 December 1982, cat. no. 44, repr.

1989

, Nagano Prefectural ShinanoArt Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, p.24, col. repr.

1992

Seductive Brush Marks: From the Late 19th Century to the Present Day, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 1 November 1992 - 29 November 1992, cat. no. 15, 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. 37

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-193.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 175, repr.

1981

Impressionnisme: Paris et Japon (exh. cat.). Fuji Art Museum, ed. Fujinomiya, Fuji Art Museum, 1981, pp. 24, 108, cat. no. 33, col. repr.

1982

From Impressionism to École de Paris : Its Passion and Struggle (exh. cat.). The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, ed. [Urawa], The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1982, pp. 77, 211, cat. no. 44, repr.

1989

Inshoha to Kindai Nihon no Kaiga Ten: Hikari to Shikisai no Roman (exh. cat.). Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum. Nagano, Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, 1989, pp. 24, 146, col. repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1013.

1992

Seductive Brush Marks: from The Late 19th Century to The Present Day (exh. cat.). Kyoto City Museum of Art, ed. Kyoto, Kyoto City, 1992, p.54, cat. no. 15, 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. 724, col. repr.

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