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Frank Brangwyn

Brugge, 1867 - Ditchling [Sassex], 1956

Portrait of Mr. Kojiro Matsukata

Date	1916
Materials and Techniques	Oil on canvas
Size（cm）	73.8 x 84.0
Inscriptions	Monogrammed and dated lower right: FB / 1916; signed and inscribed on the reverse: painted in 1 hour / FB
Credit Line	Donated by the heirs of Mr. Kojiro Matsukata (Ex-Matsukata Collection)
Standard ref.	M101
Category	Paintings
Collection Number	P.2017-0003

Provenance

Acquired from artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. 1916; inherited by his family; deposited in the Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1953–6 April 1984; deposited in NMWA, 19 September 1959–27 September 1961, Dep. 59-2 (D-31); donated by the heirs of Kojiro Matsukata to NMWA, 17 October 2017.

Exhibition History

1953: Ex-Matsukata collection, Bridgestone Gallery, Tokyo, 24 March 1953 - 10 May 1953, cat. no. 1
1955: 2nd Ex-Matsukata collection, Bridgestone Gallery, Tokyo, 8 November 1955 - 4 December 1955, cat. no. 1
1956: The old Matsukata collection: in commemoration of the opening of the Kobe Shimbun Newspaper building, Gallery of the Kobe Shimbun Newspaper Building, Kobe, 26 May 1956 - 10 June 1956, unnumbered
1956: Matsukata collection, Kyoto Shijō Daimaru, 6 November 1956 - 18 November 1956, unnumbered
1957: Ex-Matsukata collection, Nihombashi Shirokiya, Tokyo, 9 April 1957 - 28 April 1957, cat. no. [1], repr.
1957: Ex-Matsukata collection, Ishibashi Art Gallery, Kurume, 1 September 1957 - 30 September 1957, cat. no. 1
1960: Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 4, repr.
1989: The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 90, col. repr.
2010: Frank Brangwyn, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 February 2010 - 30 May 2010, cat. no. 40, col. repr.
2014: Modern Western paintings and the Old Matsukata Collection, Kagoshima City Museum of Art, 18 July 2014 - 31 August 2014, cat. no. 4
2016: The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream: Pre-Event of the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of Kobe Port, Kobe City Museum, 17 September 2016 - 27 November 2016, cat. no. 4, col. repr.
2019: The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 2, col. repr.
2022: Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus, Museum Folkwang, 6 February 2022 - 15 May 2022
2024: Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2024 - 12 May 2024

Bibliography

1960: Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection (exh. cat.). [Tokyo], [The National Museum of Western Art], [1960], cat. no. 4
1990: The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 104.
2010: Frank Brangwyn (exh. cat.). Oya, Miwa; Culture Promotion Department, The Yomiuri Shimbun, eds. Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2010, pp. 88, 176-177, cat. no. 40, col. repr.
2016: Minato, Noriko. "Korekuta Matsukata Kojiro to sono syuhin". The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, 17 September-27 November 2016. Executive Committee of the Old Matsukata Collection, 2016, pp. 22-23, fig. 6.
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. 101, col. repr.
2019: Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 52 (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2018), 2019, Jingaoka, Megumi. New Acquisitions. pp. 16-17, List of New Acquisitions. p. 21, col. repr.
2019: The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 62-63, 350, cat. no. 2, col. repr.
2022: Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus (exh.cat.). Engel, Nadine; Herlemann, Rebecca, eds. Berlin, Hatje Cantz, [2022], pp. 197, 363, col. repr.
2024: Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi; Mochizuki, Kaoru, eds. [Tokyo], Culture Convenience Club; Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 2024, pp. 142, 305, col. repr.

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