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Workers in Snow
Date | 1910 |
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Materials and Techniques | Oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 223.5 x 162 |
Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: E Munch 1910 |
Credit Line | Deposit, ex-Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | Woll 874; M817 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | DEP.1959-0001 |
Provenance
Hugo Kolker, Breslau, 1912–1921; Elsa and Curt Glaser, Berlin, 1921; C. Kurzer; purchased from the above by Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1921; purchased from the above by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 19 August 1921, PC no. 17030, as “Schneearbeiter” [see records in the Paul Cassirer Archive, Walter Feilchenfeldt AG, Zurich (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by the Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; 3rd Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 17 May–4 July 1930, lot 57, repr.; private collection, Tokyo; deposited in NMWA, Tokyo, since 19 September 1959, Dep. 59-1 (D-1).
Exhibition History
- 1930
- The 3rd Exhibition of the Matsukata Coll., Tokyo, 17 May 1930 - 4 June 1930, cat. no. 57, repr.
- 1960
- The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 85
- 2007
- Edvard Munch: The Decorative Project, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 6 October 2007 - 6 January 2008, cat. no. 95
- 2011
- Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 22 September 2011 - 9 January 2012, cat. no. 89(90), col. repr., Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 9 Feburuary 2012 - 13 May 2012
- 2014
- Voices Calling from the Unusual: Hirano Keiichiro's Selection of Western Art Masterpieces, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 8 April 2014 - 15 June 2014, cat. no. 4
- 2016
- The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream, Kobe City Museum, 17 September 2016 - 27 November 2016, cat. no. 100, col. repr.
- 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. 143, col. repr.
- 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. 90
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1096.
- 2006
- Ito, Fumiko. Kôjirô Matsukata and Edvard Munch. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. no. 10, 2006, pp. 25-62, repr. [with Appendix, English abstract]
- 2011
- Edvard Munch: l'œil moderne(exh. cat.). Paris, Centre Pompidou, c2011, Paris: cat. no. 89, col. repr.; Ostfildern2012: cat. no. 90, col. repr.
- 2012
- Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye(exh. cat.). [London], Tate Publishing, 2012, cat. no. 89, col. repr.
- 2016
- The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, ed. [Kobe], Executive Committee of the Old Matsukata Collection, 2016, pp. 137, 273, cat. no. 100, 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. 817, 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. 240-241, 373, cat. no. 143, 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. 172, 262, cat. no. 90, col. repr.