Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Portrait of a Woman
| Date | 1870's (?) |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 41.5 x 27.7 |
| Inscriptions | Signed with dedication lower right (doubutful): to Annie / Whistler |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1124 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0194 |
Provenance
John Levy Galleries, Paris; purchased from the above Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 1921 [see letter from John Levy Galleries to Léonce Bénédite, dated 10 September 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.
Bibliography
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata, Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955 (Japanese), no. 43, repr.
- 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-300.
- 1971
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 99, repr.
- 1975
- Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 71, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 273, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1636.
- 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. 1124, col. repr.