Updated 16 January 2024
Currently not on display
Photo by (c) Norihiro Ueno
Currently not on display
Bust of Jean-Paul Laurens
Date | 1881 |
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Materials and Techniques | bronze |
Size(cm) | 60 x 40 x 33 |
Inscriptions | Signed right top of base: A. Rodin; Foundry mark lower right back: Alexis. Rudier / Fondeur. Paris. |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1278 |
Category | Sculptures |
Collection Number | S.1959-0030 |
Provenance
Bought from Musée Rodin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. February 1919, as ‘Jean Paul Laurens’ (Fr. 6,000) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., February 1919, in Archives of Musée Rodin, Paris; copy in NMWA curatorial files]; 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
- 1960
- The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, S-30
- 1966
- Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 46
- 1973
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Kochi Prefecture, Kochi, 28 October 1973 - 25 November 1973, cat. no. 72
- 1974
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Cultural Center of Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, 13 October 1974 - 10 November 1974, cat. no. 70
- 1974
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Saga Prefectural Museum, Saga, 16 November 1974 - 1 December 1974, cat. no. 70
- 1975
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, 1 November 1975 - 30 November 1975, cat. no. 70
- 1978
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 64
- 1985
- , The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 6 April 1985 - 6 May 1985, cat. no. 5, repr.
- 1988
- Modern Japanese Sculpture: Encounter with the West, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 3 November 1988 - 18 December 1988, cat. no. 26, col. repr.
- 1994
- Tobari Kogan and Modern Japanese Sculpture, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, 25 January 1994 - 6 March 1994, cat. no. 124, 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. 107
- 1997
- Ogihara Morie to nihon no rodanizumu, Rokuzan Art Museum, 30 September 1997 - 3 November 1997, cat. no. 4, repr.
- 2001
- Rodin et le Japon, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 28 April 2001 - 10 June 2001, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 June-19 August, cat. no. 187, col. repr.
- 2012
- Traces of Hands: Sculpture and Drawings by Rodin and Bourdelle from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 3 November 2012 - 27 January 2013, cat. no. 17
Bibliography
- 1989
- Goldscheider, Cécile. Rodin, vie et œuvre, Tome I. Paris, Wildenstein Institute, 1989 , pp. 158-159, no. 120.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-44.
- 1997
- Ogiwara Morie to Nihon no Rodinism (exh. cat.). Rokuzan art museum, ed. Hotakamachi (Nagano), Rokuzan art museum, 1997, p. 13, cat. no. 4, repr.
- 2001
- Rodin et le Japon (exh.cat.). Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, eds. Contemporary Sculpture Center, 2001, pp. 201, 338, cat. no. 187, col. repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1278, 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. 113, 182, cat. no. Y3_5 | T3_25, col. repr.