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.

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