Provenance

Purchased from artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. November 1918 (Fr. 150) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., November 1918, 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.

Exhibition History

1966

Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 151

1994

Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijyutsukan shozo sakuhin ni yoru yoroppa bijyutsu eno shotai, Karatsu City Library, 12 November 1994 - 11 December 1994, cat. no. 17, repr.

1997

Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 84

2012

Traces of hands : sculpture and drawings by Rodin and Bourdelle from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 3 November 2012 - 27 January 2013, cat. no. 85

Bibliography

1969

Delteil, Loys. Le Peintre Graveur Illustré: The Graphic Works of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Artists: An Illustlated Catalog: Rude. Barye, Carpeaux, Rodin. Vol. 6. New York, Collectors Editions Ltd., Da Capo Press, 1969, cat. no. 3-3, repr.

1969

Tominaga, Soichi. Auguste Rodin. Yomiuri Shimbun-sha, 1969, no. 154. (in Japanese)

1975

Thorson, Victoria. Rodin Graphics: A Catalogue Raisonné of Drypoints and Book Illustrations. San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1975, pp. 25-27, cat. no. III, repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1310.

1992

The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p. 58, cat. no. 49, col. repr

1994

Kokuritsu Seiyo Bijutsukan Shozo Sakuhin ni Yoru Europa Bijutsu e no Shotai (exh. cat.). Karatsu City Library; National Museum of Wetsern Art. Karatsu, Karatsu City Library, 1994, cat. no. 17, col. repr.

2012

Traces of Hands: Sculpture and Drawings by Rodin and Bourdelle from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). Oya, Mina, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 2012, cat. no. 85

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. 2687, col. repr.

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