Provenance

Zarifi; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris; purchased from Galerie Georges Petit by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 10 November 1921 (Fr. 5.000) [see duplicate receipt from Galerie Georges Petit to Kojiro Matsukata, 10 November 1921; copy in NMWA curatorial files; KH]; 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

1960

The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 84

1962

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, P-220

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. 41 (当館記録による）

1964

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido Prefecture, 22 August 1964 - 13 September 1964, cat. no. 31

1964

Gustave Moreau, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 26 November 1964 - 31 January 1965, cat. no. 142

1975

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, 1 November 1975 - 30 November 1975, cat. no. 45

1976

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 9 October 1976 - 7 November 1976, cat. no. 38

1977

[Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, 15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977, cat. no. 37

1978

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 29

1995

Gustave Moreau, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 21 March 1995 - 14 May 1995, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, cat. no. 87, col. repr.

1997

Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 17

1998

Gustave Moreau: 1826-1898, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 29 September 1998 - 4 January 1999, The Art Institute of Chicago, 13 February-25 April

2001

French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 March 2001 - 24 June 2001

2010

Modern Drawings from the National Museum of Western Art: Selections from the Matsukata Collection and Post-1959 Acquisitions, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 February 2010 - 30 May 2010, cat. no. 19

2013

[Prints and Drawings Exhibition] Landscape: from the Drawing collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2 March 2013 - 2 June 2013, [22]

2017

Théodore Chassériau: parfum exotique, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 28 February 2017 - 28 May 2017, cat. no. 36.

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. 44

Bibliography

1955

La Collection Matsukata. Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 , pl. 27. (in Japanese)

1959

Mizue : a monthly review of the fine arts. no. 651, Special Number, July 1959 (in Japanese)

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-220.

1964

Bessatu Mizue : a monthly review of the fine arts. no. 42, December 1964, p. 37. (in Japanese)

1976

Mathieu, Pierre-Louis. Gustave Moreau, sa vie, son œuvre: catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre achevé. Fribourg, 1976, no. 384.

1989

Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), cat. no. 89.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1088.

1991

Moreau. Tokyo, Asahi-Shimbun, 1991(Asahi Graph Bessatsu Bijutsu Tokushu: Seiyo-hen, vol. 17), no.57. (in Japanese)

1995

Gustave Moreau (exh. cat.). National Museum of Wetsern Art, ed. Tokyo, NHK, 1995, p. 221, cat. no. 87, col. repr.

1997

Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 12 April-18 May 1997. The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; National Museum of Western Art, cat. no. 17.

1998

Gustave Moreau 1826-1898 (exh. cat.). Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 29 September 1998 - 4 January 1999; The Art Institute, Chicago, 13 February - 25 April 1999; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 24 May - 22 August 1999. Paris, c1998, cat.　no. 134

2017

Théodore Chassériau: Parfum Exotique (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo, eds. Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, 2017, pp. 100, 253, cat. no. 36, 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. 1702, 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. 109, 257, cat. no. 44, col. repr.

Page top