Updated 05 October 2023
Currently not on display
Photo by (c) Norihiro Ueno
Currently not on display
Bust of Octave Mirbeau
Date | 1889 |
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Materials and Techniques | bronze |
Size(cm) | 28 x 19 x 23 |
Inscriptions | Signed front of neck: A. Rodin; Foundry mark right back of neck: ALEXIS RUDIER / Fondeur PARIS |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1282 |
Category | Sculptures |
Collection Number | S.1959-0034 |
Provenance
Bought from Musée Rodin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. February 1919, as ‘Buste de Mirbeau’(Fr. 5,000) [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
- 1966
- Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 52
- 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. 21
- 2013
- Monet, An Eye for Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 December 2013 - 9 March 2014
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-48.
- 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. 1282, col. repr.