Updated 05 October 2023
Currently not on display
Photo by (c) Norihiro Ueno
Currently not on display
Bust of Young Girl with Flowers in Her Hair
| Date | c. 1870 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | bronze |
| Size（cm） | 50 x 35 x 26 |
| Inscriptions | Signed edge of left shoulder: A. Rodin; Foundry mark back of right shoulder: ALEXIS. RUDIER. / FONDEUR. PARIS |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M1277 |
| Category | Sculptures |
| Collection Number | S.1959-0029 |
Provenance
Bought from Musée Rodin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. November 1921, as ‘Jeune femme à la fleur’ (Fr. 15,000) [see several letters between Bénédite and Suzuki & Co., November 1921, in Archives of Musée Rodin, Paris; copy in NMWA curatorial files]; 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. 4
Bibliography
- 1989
- Goldscheider, Cécile. Rodin, vie et œuvre, Tome I. Paris, Wildenstein Institute, 1989, pp. 94-95, no. 78.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-43.
- 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. 1277, col. repr.