Provenance

Presented to Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, by Musée Rodin, Paris, prior to 1926; 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

1960

The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, S-46

1966

Rodin, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July 1966 - 11 September 1966, cat. no. 14

1989

Rodin et la Porte de l’Enfer (Rodin and the Gates of Hell), National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 21 October 1989 - 17 December 1989, cat. no. 3

2006

August Rodin / Eugène Carrière, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 March 2006 - 4 June 2006, cat. no. 68

2012

Traces of Hands: Sculpture and Drawings by Rodin and Bourdelle from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 3 November 2012 - 27 January 2013, cat. no. 64

2017

[Prints and Drawings Exhibition] Getting to the Gates of Hell: Rodin's Album Fenaille Drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Prints and Drawings Gallery, 21 October 2017 - 28 January 2018, cat. no. 130

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. 79, col. repr.

2022

Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus, Museum Folkwang, 6 February 2022 - 15 May 2022

Bibliography

1966

Rodin (exh. cat.). National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 July - 11 September 1966; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 18 September - 30 October 1966; Cultural Center of Fukuoka Prefecture, 9 November - 11 December 1966, [Tokyo], Yomiuri-Simbun, 1966, no. 14.

1967

Descharnes, Robert. Auguste Rodin. Paris, Edita Lausanne, 1967, p. 72.

1976

Tancock, John L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976, no. 2.

1980

Elsen, Albert E. In Rodin's Studio: A Photographic Record of Sculpture in the Making. Oxford, Phaidon, 1980, p. 164, no. 17.

1986

Lampert, Catherine. Rodin Sculpture and Drawing. London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1986, p. 53, no. 96.

1989

Rodin et la Porte de l'Enfer (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1989, no. 3.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-60.

1991

Auguste Rodin: Das Höllentor: Zeichnungen und Plastik (exh. cat.). München, Prestel-Verlag, 1991, no. 32.

1996

Auguste Rodin: Eros und Leidenschaft (exh. cat.). Wien, Kunsthistorisches, 1996, pp. 164-165, no. 14.

2001

Ross, Iain; Snow, Anthea eds. Rodin A Magnificent Obsession. London, Merrell, 2001, no. 70.

2003

Elsen, Albert. Rodin's Art: The Rodin Collection of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Barryte, Bernard ed. New York, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 158.

2003

Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette. D'ombre et de marbre: Hugo face à Rodin (exh. cat.). Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo, 2003, no. 3.

2005

Le parcours d'un génie. Kyoto, Tankosya, 2005, p. 355, no. 19.

2006

Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 130, repr.

2009

Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 130, 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. 1294, 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. 161-162, 362, cat. no. 79, col. repr.

2022

Renoir—Monet—Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: the Collections of Kōjirō Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus (exh.cat.). Engel, Nadine; Herlemann, Rebecca, eds. Berlin, Hatje Cantz, [2022], pp. 228, 367, col. repr.

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