Provenance

Galerie J. Allard, Paris, photo 5838; purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. July 1919 [see letter from Suzuki & Co. to Léonce Bénédite, dated 26 July 1919, 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

1919

Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon de 1919, Paris, 1 May 1919 - 30 June 1919, cat. no. 1956 (with the title "Les Glaneuses)

1924

XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0  1924 - 0  1924, cat. p. 181, no. 56

1988

Realistic Representation Ⅲ: Painting in Japan 1884-1907, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 8 October 1988 - 4 December 1988, cat. no. 68, repr. color., The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 20 December 1988 - 5 February 1989

1989

The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 12, 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. 13

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. 13

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. 13

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. 11

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. 11

1992

[Tour Exhibition] The French Modern Art, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Urasoe Art Museum, 3 November 1992 - 7 December 1992, cat. no. 11

1995

Découverte de Barbizon, Hyogo Prefectual Museum of Art, 11 November 1995 - 23 December 1995, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 5 January-12 February; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, 22 February-24 March, cat. no. 48, col. repr.

1996

The Crossing Visions: European and Modern Japanese Art from the Collections of The National Museum of Western Art & The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 20 July 1996 - 8 September 1996, cat. no. 10

1998

Return to Nature: J.F.Millet, the Barbizon artists, and the Renewal of the Rural Tradition, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 26 September 1998 - 6 December 1998, cat. no. Ⅲ-10, col. repr.

2008

Songs in Praise of Rural Life: The Nature and Man Relationship in Modern Art, Hiroshima Museum of Art, 23 February 2008 - 6 April 2008, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 19 April 2008-1 June 2008, cat. no. 1-32, col. repr.

2023

Tsuchi to Tomo ni Bijutsu ni Miru 〈Nou〉 no Sekai, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 8 July 2023 - 3 September 2023, cat. no. 13, col. repr.

Bibliography

1919

L'Illustration, Paris, Samedi 24 Mai 1919, p. 546

1924

XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 179, cat. no. 56

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-178.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 157, repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 954.

1992

The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p.21, cat. no. 11, col. repr

1998

Return to Nature: J.F.Millet, the Barbizon Artists, and the Renewal of Tradition (exh. cat.). Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, ed. [Kofu], Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1998, pp. 168-169, 173-174, 184, cat. no. III-10, repr.

2007

Songs in praise of rural life : the nature and man relationship in modern art(exh.cat). The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama.et al., eds.[Tokyo], The Yomiuri Shimbun：The Japan Association of Art Museums, 2007, cat. no. 1-32, 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. 665, col. repr.

2023

Tsuchi to Tomo ni Bijutsu ni Miru 〈Nou〉 no Sekai (exh.cat.). The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki; Nagamatsu, Sachi; Sawawatari, Mari, eds. Ibaraki, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 2023, pp. 28, 124, 140, cat. no. 13, col. repr.

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