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

1960

The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 45

1966

Gauguin and Pont-Aven group, Tate Gallery, London, 0  1966 - 0  1966, Kunsthaus, Zürich, 1966, cat. no. 37

1978

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 21

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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