Updated 13 August 2026
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Dancer
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 78 x 80.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Gaston La Touche |
| Credit Line | ex-Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M629 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2010-0011 |
Provenance
Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; 2nd Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 3–19 April 1929, lot 44, repr.; Hōraishokusan & Co., Tokyo; private collection, Japan; purchased by the NMWA, 2011.
Exhibition History
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 48, col. repr.
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 95
- 2026
- Artists at the Café: From the Impressionists, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec to Picasso, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, 13 June 2026 - 23 September 2026, cat. no. 10
- 2026
- Artists at the Café: From the Impressionists, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec to Picasso, Hiroshima Museum of Art, 3 October 2026 - 11 January 2027, cat. no. 10
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 902.
- 2012
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 45 (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2011), 2012, List of New Acquisitions. p. 55.
- 2017
- Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017 (exh. cat.). Nakada, Asuka, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 122, 142, cat. no. 95, 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. 629, col. repr.
- 2026
- Artists at the Café: from the Impressionists, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec to Picasso (exh. cat.). Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo et al., eds. [Tokyo], Curators, 2026, pp. 41, 259, cat. no. 10, col. repr.