Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Nude from the Behind
| Date | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | charcoal and pastel on paper |
| Size（cm） | 75.9 x 50.0 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: MAURICE DENIS; upper left: MAVD. |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1535 |
| Category | Drawings |
| Collection Number | D.1959-0026 |
Provenance
Purchased from artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921, as ‘Vingt dessins’ (Fr. 20,000 for 20 drawings) [see several letters among Léonce Bénédite, Galerie E. Druet and Suzuki & Co., December 1921, in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris, copies 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
- 1981
- Maurice Denis, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1 September 1981 - 18 October 1981, cat. no. 136
- 2016
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition] The Drawings of Maurice Denis: Traces of Inspiration on Paper, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Prints and Drawings Gallery, 15 October 2016 - 15 January 2017, cat. no. 6
- 2023
- 国立西洋美術館, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March 2023 - 11 June 2023, cat. no. 87
Bibliography
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-123.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 573.
- 2017
- Hakamata, Hiroyo. Catalogue of the Maurice Denis Drawings in the NMWA Collection. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. No. 21, 2017, pp. 35-56, [with English Abstract], cat. no. 9.
- 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. 1535, col. repr.
- 2023
- La Bretagne source d'inspiration: regards de peintres français et japonais (exh. cat.). Hakamata, Hiroyo, ed. Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, 2023, pp. 121, 210, cat. no. 87, col. repr.