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Benjamin (?)

Old Man

Materials and Techniques Oil on canvas
Size(cm) 72.0 x 62.5
Inscriptions Signed upper right: H [?] Benjamin [...]
Credit Line Ex-Matsukata Collection
Standard ref. M44
Category Paintings
Collection Number P.2017-0006

Provenance

Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; private collection, Tokyo; deposited in NMWA, 15 January 2016, ref. no. 148; purchased by NMWA, 2017.

Bibliography

1990
The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 42.
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. 44, col. repr.
2019
Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 52 (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2018), 2019, List of New Acquisitions. p. 21.

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