Updated 03 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Woman Sewing
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 140.7 x 111 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Henri Martin |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M714 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0128 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. November 1918, as “Jeune femme cousant” (Fr. 10,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 14 November 1918, 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
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 182, no. 62
- 1989
- Le monde des intimistes: le bonheur de quotidien, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 5 August 1989 - 20 October 1989
- 1991
- World Impressionism and Pleinairism, Matsuzakaya Art Museum, 21 March 1991 - 6 May 1991, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, 14 May-16 June 1991; Hiroshima Museum of Art, 22 June-28 July 1991, cat. no. 48, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 180, cat. no. 62, repr. p. 99
- 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-183.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 165, repr.
- 1989
- Le monde des intimistes: le bonheur de quotidien (exh. cat.). The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, ed. [Urawa], The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1989, pp. 43, 107, cat. no. 42, col. repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1003.
- 1991
- World Impressionism and Pleinairism (exh. cat.). Kijima, Shunsuke; Morikawa, Koichiro; Tomita, Akira, eds. [Nagoya], Chunichi Shimbun, 1991, pp. 132-133, cat. no. 48, 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. 714, col. repr.