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Study for a Composition
| Date | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | Ink on paper |
| Size（cm） | 30.4 x 40.6 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: John 1917; inscribed in pencil on mount lower left: (20) / No. 113 |
| Credit Line | Ex-Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1638 |
| Category | Drawings |
| Collection Number | D.2017-0022 |
Provenance
Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; private collection, Japan; deposited in NMWA, 25 January 2016, ref. no. 2; purchased by NMWA, 13 July 2017.
Exhibition History
- 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. 44, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 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. 112-113, 356, cat. no. 44, 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. 1638, col. repr.
- 2019
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 52 (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2018), 2019, List of New Acquisitions. p. 24.