Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Toilet
| Date | 19 C |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | watercolour on paper |
| Size（cm） | 31.5 x 24.0 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Aug Rodin |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1768 |
| Category | Drawings |
| Collection Number | D.1959-0069 |
Provenance
[?] Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, through Léonce Bénédite, 1918-1919 [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., 1918-1919, 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
- 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-270.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1307.
- 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. 1768, col. repr.