Provenance

Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite or by himself, ca. May 1921 (Fr. 14,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 23 May 1921, 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

2024

Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2024 - 12 May 2024

Bibliography

1921

L'Illustration, No. 4078, Paris, Samedi 30 Avril 1921, p. 388. repr. (Salon de 1921)

1922

Dinet, E. et Ben, Ibrahim. Tableaux de la vie arabe, 1922, p. 65. repr.

1952

Fontaine, P. Bou-Saada Porte du Désert, 1952, p. 104. repr.

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-133.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 110, repr.

1984

Brahimi, Denise; Benchikou, Koudir. La vie et l'œuvre de Etienne Dinet. Courbevoie, ACR, 1984, no.367.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 606.

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. 418, col. repr.

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