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

1980

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 22 October 1980 - 5 November 1980, cat. no. 9

1980

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Kumamoto Prefectural Museum, Kumamoto, 11 November 1980 - 24 November 1980, cat. no. 9

1980

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, 29 November 1980 - 13 December 1980, cat. no. 9

1981

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Hirosaki Municipal Museum, 7 October 1981 - 21 October 1981, cat. no. 11

1981

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Iwate Prefectural Hall, Morioka, 28 October 1981 - 11 November 1981, cat. no. 11

1981

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Fukushima Prefectural Culture Center, Fukushima, 18 November 1981 - 2 December 1981, cat. no. 11

1982

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 1 October 1982 - 17 October 1982, cat. no. 10

1982

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Cultural Center of Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu, 23 October 1982 - 7 November 1982, cat. no. 10

1982

[Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces of Art from the Collection of National Museums, The Cultural Center of Kochi Prefecture, Kochi, 13 November 1982 - 28 November 1982, cat. no. 10

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.

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