Provenance

Ordered from artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. May 1921, as ‘Heracles’ (Fr. 10,000) [see letter from Bénédite to Emille Bourdelle, dated 14 May 1921, in Archives of Musée Bourdelle, 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

1968

Bourdelle, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 July 1968 - 25 August 1968, Kyoto National Museum, 8 September – 27 October 1968, cat. no. 13

1987

Bourdelle/Dufet , Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 12 September 1987 - 23 November 1987, cat. no. 31, repr.

1996

東京国立博物館, Tokyo National Museum, 2 July 1996 - 1 September 1996

2014

The Rings from The Hashimoto Collection of The National Museum of Western Art, The National Museum of Western Art, 8 July 2014 - 15 September 2014, cat. no. 132

2015

Fantaisie merveilleuse: Le classicisme dans l'Art Déco Français: 30ème anniversaire du Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 17 January 2015 - 7 April 2015, cat. no. 5, col. repr.

2024

Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2024 - 12 May 2024

Bibliography

1987

Bourdelle/Dufet (exh. cat.). Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, ed. Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Culture Foundation, 1987, pp. 80, 83, 177, cat. no. 31, repr.

1990

The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-5.

1992

The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p. 52, cat. no. 42, col. repr

2014

The Rings: from the Hashimoto Collection of the National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). Iizuka, Takashi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2014, p. 123, cat. no. 132, col. repr.

2015

Fantasie merveilleuse: La classicisme dans l’Art Déco Français: 30ème anniversaire du Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Musem(exh. cat.). [Tokyo], Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture; Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2015, cat. no. 5, col. 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. 1219, col. repr.

2024

Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi; Mochizuki, Kaoru, eds. [Tokyo], Culture Convenience Club; Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 2024, pp. 115, 304, col. repr.

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