Updated 12 January 2024
Currently not on display
Photo by (c) Norihiro Ueno
Currently not on display
Oceanides
Date | 1906 |
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Materials and Techniques | bronze |
Size(cm) | 53 x 84 x 55 |
Inscriptions | Signed lower right of base: A. Rodin; Foundry mark lower right back of base: ALEXIS. RUDIER. / FONDEUR. PARIS. |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1284 |
Category | Sculptures |
Collection Number | S.1959-0036 |
Provenance
Bought from Musée Rodin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. April 1919, as ‘Mort d’Adonis’ (Fr. 15,000) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., April 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
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, S-036
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Gallery of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, 17 November 1962 - 9 December 1962, cat. no. 68 (当館記録による)
- 1966
- Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 68
- 2006
- August Rodin / Eugène Carrière, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 March 2006 - 4 June 2006, cat. no. 57
- 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. 52
- 2013
- Monet, An Eye for Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings, Pola Museum of Art, 13 July 2013 - 24 November 2013, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 December 2013-9 March 2014, cat. no. 85, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1969
- Jianou, lonel et Goldscheider, C. Rodin. Paris, Arted Editions d'Art, 1969, p. 112.
- 1976
- Tancock, John L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976, no. 61.
- 1984
- Rodin (exh. cat.). Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1984, p. 121, no. 78.
- 1987
- Barbier, Nicole. Marbres de Rodin, la collection du musée, Paris, Editions du musée Rodin, 1987 , p. 162, no. 68.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-50.
- 2013
- MONET, An Eye For Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings(exh. cat.). Tokyo, TBS, c2013, cat. no. 85,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. 1284, col. repr.