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The Reapers
| Date | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 291 x 237 |
| Inscriptions | Signed Lower right: L. Lhermitte |
| Credit Line | Ex-Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M667 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2017-0022 |
Provenance
Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris, 1901, stock no. 27011; Thomas McLean, London; Arthur Tooth & Sons, London; purchased from Arthur Tooth & Sons by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 29 August 1918 (£2,000) [see records in the Tate Archive, London; the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; 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, 21 January 2010, Dep. 2009-22 (ref. no. 200); purchased by NMWA, 2017.
Exhibition History
- 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. 47, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 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. 667, 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. 118-119, 356-357, cat. o. 47, 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.