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Édouard Manet

Paris, 1832 - Paris, 1883

Portrait of Monsieur Brun

Date	c. 1879
Materials and Techniques	oil on canvas
Size（cm）	194.3 x 126
Credit Line	Donated by the heirs of Mr. Kojiro Matsukata (ex-Matsukata Collection)
Standard ref.	Jamot 369; Rouart 326; M688
Category	Paintings
Collection Number	P.1984-0002

The nineteenth century’s Edouard Manet broke new ground for modern painting with works depicting the “now” of contemporary Paris life. A stylish gentleman strikes a pose on a garden path, his summer attire set off by a top hat and heather-weave coat. This is a thoroughly modern image, infused with bright natural light――a recent influence of the Impressionists. After Manet’s death, the portrait came into the hands of Edgar Degas, alas, the eponymous Monsieur Brun never owned it. (Source: Gallery label, October 2016)

Provenance

Suzanne Manet, as ‘Homme en chapeau et pantalon blanc’; purchased from Manet by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1894; Edgar Degas, Paris; his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 26–27 March 1918, lot 73, as ‘Portrait de M. X.’ (Fr. 31,000); acquired at that sale by Trotti; Wilhelm Hansen, Ordrupgaard, near Copenhagen, 1918; purchased from Hansen by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, through Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, 1923, as ‘Monsieur Brun’ (Fr. 80,000) [see records in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; inherited by his family; deposited in Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, 13 March 1953–6 April 1984; donated by the heirs of Kojiro Matsukata to NMWA, 1984.

Exhibition History

1880: Œuvres nouevelle d'Edouard Manet, La Vie Moderne, Paris, 8 April 1880 - 30 April 1880, cat. no. 7
1922: Föreningen Frank Konst, Stockholm, 0 1922 - 0 1922, Copenhagen; Oslo, cat. no. 19
1952: Cent portraits d'hommes du XIVe siècle à nos jours, Charpentier, Paris, 0 1952 - 0 1952, cat. no. 61b
1953: Ex-Matsukata Collection, Bridgestone Gallery, 0 1953 - 0 1953, cat. no. 33
1955: 2nd Ex-Matsukata Collection, Bridgestone Gallery, 0 1955 - 0 1955, cat. no. 35
1989: Manet, Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, 15 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 34, col. repr.
2002: Edouard Manet und die Impressionisten, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 21 November 2002 - 9 February 2003, cat. no. 61, col. repr.
2010: Manet and Modern Paris, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, 6 April 2010 - 25 July 2010, cat. no. III-96, col. repr.
2012: Manet: Portraying Life, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 4 October 2012 - 1 January 2013, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 26 January - 14 April 2013, cat. no. 38, col. repr.
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
2017: Edouard Manet, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 24 October 2017 - 25 February 2018, [n. n.]
2019: The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 131, col. repr.
2022: Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus, Museum Folkwang, 6 February 2022 - 15 May 2022
2022: In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 16

Bibliography

1902: Duret, Théodore. Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son œuvre avec un catalogue des peintures et des pastels. Paris, 1902, no. 260.
1918: Madsen, Karl. Malerisamlingen Ordrupgaard: Wilhelm Hansens Samling: Malerier, Akvareller, Pasteller, Tegninger af franske Kunstnere, Copenhagen, 1918, p. 28, no. 65.
1918: Catalogue des tableaux modernes et anciens; aquarelles, pastels, dessins; collection de Edgar Degas (cat. vente). Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1918 , p. 23, no. 73.
1919: Duret, Théodore. Histoire d'Édouard Manet et de son oeuvre avec un catalogue des peintures et des pastels. Paris, Bernheim-Jeune & cie, 1919, p. 274, no. 260.
1926: Moreau-Nélaton, Étienne. Manet raconté par lui-même. vol. 2, Paris, 1926, pp. 67-68, fig. 268, repr.
1931: Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet: Histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931, no. 305.
1932: Jamot, Paul; Wildenstein, Georges. Manet. Paris, 1932, p. 165, no. 369, fig. 141, repr.
1947: Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses œuvres. 5e éd, Paris, Gallimard, 1947, pp. 365-366, 542, 613, no. 334, repr.
1948: Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un Marchant de Tableaux. Paris, Albin Michel, 1948, p. 77.
1953: Sekai Bijutsu Zenshu. Vol. 23, Tokyo, 1953, pl. 8.
1958: Dorival, Bernard. Un musée japonais d'art français. Connaissance des Arts. no.81, Nov. 1958, pp. 62-63, repr.
1959: Bridgestone Gallery. Tokyo, 1959, p. 2, no. 26, repr.
1959: Sekai Bunkashi Taikei. Vol. 10, Tokyo, 1959, pl. 4.
1961: Sekai Bijutsu Zenshu. vol. 36, Tokyo, Kadokawa-shoten, 1961, pl. 9.
1965: Bridgestone Gallery. Tokyo, 1965, no. 19, repr.
1967: Usami, Eiji. L'Art du Monde. Manet/Monet/Degas. Vol.10, Tokyo, 1967, pl. 14.
1967: Venturi, Marcello; Orienti, Sandra. L'opera pittorica di Edouard Manet. Milano, 1967, p. 111, no. 286, repr.
1968: Mukai, Junkichi. L'Art du Monde. Manet/Monet. Vol.7, Tokyo, 1968, pl. 11.
1970: Rouart, Denis; Orienti, Sandra. Tout l'œuvre peint d'Edouard Manet. Paris, 1970, no. 286, repr.
1971: Kamon, Yasuo. Masterpieces of Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo. Connoisseur. Feb. 1971, p. 85.
1971: Sasaki, Hideya. Edouard Manet dans les collections japonaises: peinture à l'huile, pastel, dessin. Bulletin Annuel du Musée National d’Art Occidental, No. 4 (1969), 1971, pp. 27-28, repr.
1971: Takashina, Shuji. Kindai no Bijutsu. Matsukata Collection. Vol.2, Tokyo, 1971, pl. 4.
1973: Leary, R. H. Japanese and French Paintings in the Bridgestone Museum of Art. Arts of Asia. Jul-Aug, 1973, p. 35.
1975: Rouart, Denis; Wildenstein, Daniel. Edouard Manet: Catalogue raisonné. tome 1 (peintures), Lausanne; Paris, 1975 (Bibliothèque des arts), no. 326, repr.
1975: Ikegami, Chuji. Classici dell'Arte Rizzoli. Manet. Vol. 13, Tokyo, 1975, no. 286, repr.
1977: Bridgestone Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1977, no. 22, repr.
1978: Monneret, Sophie. L'impressionisme et son époque. Paris, 1978, pp. 39, 135, 266.
1980: Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un Marchant de Tableaux. Tokyo, 1980, p. 89. (Japanese Translation.)
1988: Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 19 (1984), 1988, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acqisitions 1984. pp. 26-27, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1984. pp. 96-98, repr.
1989: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 56, repr.
1989: Manet (exh. cat.). Wivel, Mikael; Bareau, Juliet Wilson; Finsen, Hanne. København, Ordrupgaard, 1989, pp. 128-129, cat. no. 34, col. repr.
1989: Asmussen, Marianne Wirenfeldt. Wilhelm Hansens oprindelige samling af fransk kunst på Ordrupgaard. Copenhagen, 1989, no. 65.
1990: The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 979.
1990: Catalogue of painting acquisitions: 1979-1989. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1990, pp. 46-48, repr.
2002: Edouard Manet und die Impressionisten (exh.cat.). Conzen, Ina; Buschhoff, Petra; Elvers-Švamberk, Kathrin; Kohlheyer, Susanne; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz, 2002, pp. 144-146, cat. no. Abb. 175, col. repr.
2009: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 67, col. repr.
2010: Manet et le Paris moderne(exh. cat.). [Tokyo], Mitsubishi Ichigoukan Museum, Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun: NHK: NHK Promotions, c2010, cat. no. III-96, col. repr.
2012: Manet: Portraying Life(exh. cat.). Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art; London, Royal Academy of Arts, c2012, cat. no. 38, col. repr.
2013: Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 85, col. repr.
2017: Edouard Manet (exh. cat.). Finckh, Gerhard. Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, 2017, p. 271, col. repr.
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. 688, col. repr.
2019: The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 224, 226-227, 371, cat. no. 131, col. repr.
2022: Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus (exh.cat.). Engel, Nadine; Herlemann, Rebecca, eds. Berlin, Hatje Cantz, [2022], pp. 220, 366, col. repr.
2022: In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 80, 255, cat. no. 16, col. repr.

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