Updated 18 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows
| Date | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 199.3 x 424.4 (lost in upper) |
| Credit Line | Donated by the heirs of Mr. Kojiro Matsukata (ex-Matsukata Collection) |
| Standard ref. | Wildenstein 1971; M788 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2017-0004 |
Provenance
Purchased from artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921 [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to (Claude Monet), dated 11 December 1921, in 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 to Japan, December 2017; donated by the Matsukata's family to NMWA, December 2017.
Exhibition History
- 1924
- Exposition Claude Monet: organisée au bénéfice des Victimes de la Catastrophe du Japon, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 4 January 1924 - 18 January 1924, no. 19
- 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. 155, col. repr.
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 98
- 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
- 2013
- Bi o Kiwame Bi ni Asobu: Geijutsu to Shakai no Awai. Eto, Mitsunori; Ogino, Atsushi; Tanaka, Kei, eds. Tokyo, Toshindo, 2013, p. 135, 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. 788, 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. 265-271, 275, 277, 280, 375-376, cat. no. 155, col. repr.
- 2019
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 52 (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2018), 2019, Mabuchi, Akiko. New Acquisitions. pp. 18-19, List of New Acquisitions. p. 21, col. repr.
- 2022
- In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 182-183, 263, cat. no. 98, cal. 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. 165, 306, col. repr.