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Currently not on display

Paul Gauguin

Paris, 1848 - Atuona, Hiva'Oa, Marquesas Islands, 1903

Portrait of the Painter Slewinski

Date 1891
Materials and Techniques oil on canvas
Size(cm) 53.5 x 81.5
Credit Line Matsukata Collection
Standard ref. M494
Category Paintings
Collection Number P.1959-0107

Provenance

Wladyslaw Slewinski; John Levy Galleries, Paris; purchased from the above by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 1921, as “Portrait du peintre S” [see letter from John Levy Galleries to Léonce Bénédite, dated 23 November 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

1949
Gauguin, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 0  1949 - 0  1949, cat. no. 43
1955
Gauguin, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 0  1955 - 0  1955, Tate Gallery, London, 1955, cat. no. 49
1966
Gauguin and Pont-Aven group, Tate Gallery, London, 0  1966 - 0  1966, Kunsthaus, Zürich, 1966, cat. no. 37
1981
Wladyslaw Ślewiński, 1854-1918, Musée de Pont-Aven, 13 June 1981 - 19 September 1981, cat. no. なし, repr.
1982
From Impressionism to École de Paris: Its Passion and Struggle, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 3 November 1982 - 12 December 1982, cat. no. 22, repr.
1992
Gauguin et ses amis peintres: la collection Marie Henry: 《 Buvette de la plage 》 le Pouldu, en Bretagne, Musée d'Art de Yokohama, 11 April 1992 - 31 May 1992, cat. no. 52, col. repr.
2019
Gauguin: Portraits, The National Gallery of Canada, 24 May 2019 - 8 September 2019, The National Gallery, London, 7 October 2019-26 January 2020, cat. no. 34
2023
国立西洋美術館, The National Museum of Western Art, 18 March 2023 - 11 June 2023, cat. no. 51

Bibliography

1921
Chassé, Ch. Gauguin et le groupe de Pont-Aven. 1921, p. 60.
1946
Gauguin, P. Lettres à sa femme et ses amis. Paris, 1946 , p. 304 (letter to Molard of 6. 5. 1902).
1948
René-Jean. Gauguin. Paris, 1948, no. 9, col. repr.
1949
Leymarie, Jean. Catalogue de l’Exposition de l’Orangerie. 1949, no. 43
1950
Dovski, L. van. Gauguin. Bern, 1950, p. 351, fig. 314.
1955
Chassé, Ch. Gauguin et son temps. Paris, 1955, p. 87
1955
La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 25, col. repr.
1957
Jaworska, W. Gauguin-Slewiński-Makowski. Sztuka y Krytyka. no. 3-4, 1957, pp. 177-184
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-156.
1964
Wildenstein, G. Gauguin. 1, catalogue, Paris, 1964, no. 386, repr.
1971
Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 35, repr.
1975
Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 54, repr.
1978
Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 60, repr.
1979
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 130, repr.
1981
Wladyslaw Ślewiński, 1854-1918 (exh. cat.). Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, 1981, pp. 3, 16, 20, repr.
1982
From Impressionism to École de Paris : Its Passion and Struggle (exh. cat.). The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, ed. [Urawa], The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1982, pp. 117, 210, cat. no. 22, repr.
1990
The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 704.
1992
Gauguin et ses amis peintres: la collection Marie Henry: 《 Buvette de la plage 》 le Pouldu, en Bretagne (exh. cat.). The Mainichi Newspapers, ed. Tokyo, The Mainichi Newspapers, 1992, p.112, cat. no. 52, 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. 494, col. repr.
2019
Gauguin: Portraits(exh. cat.). Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada; London, National Gallery, 2019, cat. no. 34, col. repr.
2023
La Bretagne source d'inspiration: regards de peintres français et japonais (exh. cat.). Hakamata, Hiroyo, ed. Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, 2023, pp. 83, 202, cat. no. 51, col. repr.

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