Updated 14 April 2025
Currently not on display
Photo by (c) Norihiro Ueno
Currently not on display
Head of a Woman
| Date | First half of 1880's |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | bronze |
| Size（cm） | 20 x 15 x 13 |
| Inscriptions | Signed right side of base: A. Rodin; Foundry mark left side of base: A. Rudier. / .Fondeur. PARIS. |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1257 |
| Category | Sculptures |
| Collection Number | S.1959-0009 |
Provenance
Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1966
- Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 48
- 1996
- Camille Claudel, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, 1 June 1996 - 14 July 1996, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 20 july-18 August, cat. no. 77, repr.
- 2020
- 100 Years of BUNRIHA: Can Architecture Be Art?, Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, 10 October 2020 - 15 December 2020, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 6 January-7 March 2021, no.III-2, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-23.
- 1996
- Camille Claudel (exh. cat.). APT International, ed. [Tokyo], APT International, 1996, pp. 146-147, 197, cat. no. 77, repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1257, col. repr.
- 2020
- 100 Years of Bunriha: Can Architecture be Art? (exh. cat.). Omura, Rieko; Motohashi. Jin, eds. [Tokyo], Asahi- Shimbun, 2020, pp. 98, 223, 269, cat. no. III-1, col. repr.