Updated 22 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Pine Grove
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 83 x 120.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: E. R. Ménard |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M743 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0144 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. January 1919, as “Ma Pinetta Ravenne” (Fr. 4,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 10 January 1919, 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-200.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 182, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1024.
- 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.26, cat. no. 16, 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. 743, col. repr.