Updated 15 May 2025
Currently not on display
Nude
| Date | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard |
| Size(cm) | 75.5 x 50.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: TANAKA '23 |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1063 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0190 |
Provenance
Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, by 1923–1925; 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
- 1988
- 1920-30's Rhapsody in Paris: Painter Yasushi Tanaka and His Contemporaries, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 14 August 1988 - 30 September 1988, cat. no. 19, col. repr.
- 2021
- National Touring Exhibition of Western Art from the NMWA: When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata / Western Art in Takaoka, Yamagata Museum of Art, 17 July 2021 - 27 August 2021, Takaoka Art Museum, 10 September-24 October 2021, cat. no. Y3_49 | T3_54
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-296.
- 1977
- Tomiyama, H. On the 'Nude' by Tanaka, from the Matsukata Collection. Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 11, 1977, pp. 26-39, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 266.
- 1988
- Rhapsody in Paris: 1920-30's: Painter Yasushi Tanaka and His Contemporaries (exh. cat.). The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, ed. [Urawa], The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1988, pp. 30, 88, cat. no. 19, col. repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1560.
- 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. 1063, col. repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 169, 185, cat. no. Y3_49 | T3_54, col. repr.