Updated 09 March 2023
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Bust of Marie Bashkirtseff
Date | c. 1895 |
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Materials and Techniques | marble |
Size(cm) | 94 x 50 x 33 |
Inscriptions | Titled front of base: MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M1322 |
Category | Sculptures |
Collection Number | S.1959-0063 |
Provenance
E. Dreveton, Paris; purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. March 1923 (Fr. 12,000) [see letter from Dreveton to Bénédite, dated 9 March 1923, in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, 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.
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. S-73.
- 2006
- Yonemura, Noriko. Marie Baskirtseff and Japan. Geijutsu Kogaku Kenkyu. Vol. 6, 12 2006, p. 61, cat. no. 3, 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. 1322, repr.