Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
In the Embers
| Date | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | etching |
| Size（cm） | 43.0 x 31.5 |
| State | according to Coppier, 2nd state; according to Delteil, 3rd state |
| Inscriptions | Signed in pencil, lower right margin: Besnard; Inscribed in pencil, lower center margin: tiré à 50; Dedicated by the artist in pen, bottom right margin: à Mr Matsukat' hommage à un ami de l'Art français Besnard |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | Coppier 57; Delteil 67(iii / iii); M1931 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1959-0002 |
Provenance
Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; 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
- 2015
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition]Lithographs and Etchings from Fin-de-Siècle France, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 17 March 2015 - 31 May 2015, cat. no. 39
Bibliography
- 1920
- Coppier, André-Charles. Les Eaux-fortes de Besnard. Paris, 1920, no. 57.
- 1926
- Delteil, Loys. Albert Besnard. Paris, 1926 (Le peintre-graveur illustré, Tome. 30), pl. 67
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 53.
- 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. 1931, col. repr.