Updated 03 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Boy Playing a Pipe
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 101 x 81 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower left: Louis Charlot |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M239 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0033 |
Provenance
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris; purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. June 1920 [see letter from Léonce Bénédite, ca. June 1920, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; 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
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 179, no. 27
- 1924
- Galerie Georgers Petit, Paris, 0 March 1924 - 0 March 1924, cat. no. 52
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 177, cat. no. 27
- 1926
- Lecomte, G. Louis Charlot. Paris, 1926, repr. p. 176/177.
- 1959
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 41.
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-50.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 41, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 393.
- 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. 239, col. repr.