Provenance

Boussod, Valadon et Cie, Paris, 26. 12. 1887; Dupuy, 28. Boussod, Valadon & Co., 26 December 1887; Dupuy, 28 December 1887; Galerie E. Druet, Paris, stock no. 7419, photo no. 4473; purchased from Galerie E. Druet by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921 [see letter from Galerie E. Druet to Léonce Bénédite, dated 13 December 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

1886

8e Exposition des impressionnistes, Paris, 0  1886 - 0  1886, no. 53

1888

Gauguin, Boussod, Valadon et Cie, Paris, 0  1888 - 0  1888

1923

Gauguin, Galerie Druet, Paris, 0  1923 - 0  1923, no. 5

1982

Exposition spéciale pour l'ouverture du Musée des Beaux-Arts, Gifu : Paris autour de 1882 : Le Développemėnt de la peinture moderne en France et Hôsui Yamamoto, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 3 November 1982 - 19 December 1982, cat. no. 74, repr.

1983

1880 nendai no Parigadan Ten, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 15 January 1983 - 20 February 1983, cat. no. 65, repr.

1986

The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 January 1986 - 6 April 1986, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 19 April 1986 - 6 July 1986, cat. no. 145, col. repr.

1987

Paul Gauguin, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 6 March 1987 - 17 May 1987, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, 12-28 June, cat. no. 11, col. repr.

1989

The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 11, repr.

1990

[Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum, 10 April 1990 - 23 April 1990, cat. no. 12

1990

[Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Cultural Center of Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 28 April 1990 - 13 May 1990, cat. no. 12

1990

[Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Cultural Center of Toyota City, 19 May 1990 - 3 June 1990, cat. no. 12

1991

[Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Hachinohe City Museum of Art, 28 September 1991 - 27 October 1991, cat. no. 10

1991

[Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Tendo City Museum of Art, Tendo, 1 November 1991 - 24 November 1991, cat. no. 10

1993

Tournant de la peinture―entre la seconde moitié des années 1880 et les années 1890 théories artistiques et peinture française : Exposition commémorant les dix ans d'activité du Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 4 February 1993 - 21 March 1993, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 10 April-16 May 1993, cat. no. 13, col. repr.

1997

Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 32

2009

Gauguin: Where Do We Come from? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 18 April 2009 - 21 June 2009, cat. no. 3, col. repr.

2009

Paul Gauguin, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 3 July 2009 - 23 September 2009, cat. no. 2, col. repr.

2012

[Traveling Exhibitions presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2012] Modern European Art: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum (Okayama), 5 October 2012 - 25 November 2012, 16

2013

Monet, An Eye for Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings, Pola Museum of Art, 13 July 2013 - 24 November 2013, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 December 2013-9 March 2014, cat. no. 52, col. repr.

2017

Hokusai and Japonisme, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 21 October 2017 - 28 January 2018, cat. no. 69, col. repr.

2022

Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus, Museum Folkwang, 6 February 2022 - 15 May 2022

2024

Gauguin's World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 29 June 2024 - 7 October 2024, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 November 2024-16 February 2025

Bibliography

1888

Fénéon, F. Calendrier. Revue Indépendante, 15. 1. 1888, p. 170.

1955

Dorra, Henri. Emile Bernard and Paul Gauguin. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. vol. 45, 1955, pp. 227-246, repr.

1955

La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 47, 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-153.

1964

Wildenstein, G. Gauguin. 1, catalogue, Paris, 1964, p. 62, no. 167, repr. (as "Baigneuses à Dieppe")

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 127, repr.

1982

Paris autour de 1882: Le Développemėnt de la peinture moderne en France et Hôsui Yamamoto: Exposition spéciale pour l'ouverture du Musée des Beaux-Arts,Gifu (exh. cat.). Musée des Beaux-Arts,Gifu, ed. Gifu, Musée des Beaux-Arts,Gifu, 1982, cat. no. 74, repr.

1983

1880nendai no Paris Gadan Ten (exh. cat.). The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura; The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, eds. [Tokyo], Tokyo Shimbun, 1983, cat. no. 65, repr.

1986

The New painting: Impressionism 1874-1886 (exh. cat.). The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; The National Gallery of Art, Washington. [San Francisco], Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, pp. 444, 458, cat. no. 145, col. repr.

1987

Paul Gauguin (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. [Tokyo], The Tokyo Shimbun, 1987, pp. 58-59, 164, 190, cat. no. 11, col. repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 701.

1993

Tournant de la peinture: entre la seconde moitié des années 1880 et les années 1890 théories artistiques et peinture française (exh. cat.). The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, eds. [Gifu]; [Gunma], The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 1993, p. 45, cat. no. 13. col. repr.

2002

Wildenstein, Daniel. Gauguin: a savage in the making: catalogue raisonné of the paintings, 1873-1888. Milan, Skira; Paris, Wildenstein Institute, 2002, vol. 1, pp. 217-218, no. 179, repr.

2009

Paul Gauguin. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. Tokyo, NHK; NHK Promotions Inc., 2009, cat. no. 2, col. repr.

2009

Gauguin: Where Do We Come from? What Are We? Where Are We Going?. George T. M. Shackelford. [Nagoya], Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 2009, cat. no. 3, col. repr.

2013

MONET, An Eye For Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings(exh. cat.). Tokyo, TBS, c2013, cat. no. 52, col. repr.

2017

Hokusai and Japonisme (exh. cat.). Hakamata, Hiroyo; Ikeda, Yuko, eds. Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun; The National Museum of western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 112-113, 384, cat. no. 69, 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. 491, col. repr.

2022

Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus (exh.cat.). Engel, Nadine; Herlemann, Rebecca, eds. Berlin, Hatje Cantz, [2022], pp. 325, 364, col. repr.

2024

Gauguin's World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao (exh. cat.). Loyrette, Henri. Parkes, ACT/ The Rocks, NSW, National Gallery of Australia; Art Exhibitions Australia Limited, 2024, pp. 71, 262, col. repr.

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