Updated 04 March 2020
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Head of Christ
Materials and Techniques | stone |
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Size(cm) | 47 x 30 x 35 |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1234 |
Category | Sculptures |
Collection Number | S.1959-0060 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. November 1921, as ‘Tête de Christ, pierre, fig. originale’ (Fr. 20,000) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., November 1921, in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, 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.
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-10.
- 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. 1234, repr.