Thorny Crown

To 1963, collection of the artist, Alfred Sessler (Madison, WI); 1963, passed through inheritance to the artist’s wife, Mrs. Alfred Sessler, and children (Madison, WI); 1965, gifted to the University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Watrous, James. "The Woodcuts of Alfred Sessler in the Elvehjem Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin 1987-1988. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1988): 58-65. pp. 58-65
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "150 Years of Wisconsin Printmaking" [exh. cat]. Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 37, pl. 5
• Watrous, James and Andrew Stevens. "American Color Woodcuts: Bounty from the Block, 1890s- 1990s", Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, 1993. pp. 62, 118, no. 46
• Watrous, James, "A Century of American Printmaking, 1880-1980." Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. p. 138, no. 4
• Carter, Curtis L., "Wisconsin Artists: A Celebration of American Printmaking, 1880-1980".
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Annual Report 1987-1988." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1989 p. 59

• 150 Years of Wisconsin Printmaking: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 11/21/1998–7/23/2000
• Wisconsin Artists: A Celebration of Jewish Presence: Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 4/7/1994–6/12/1994
• American Color Woodcuts: Bounty from the Block, 1890s- 1990s: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1/30/1993–4/4/1993
• Prints of Alfred Sessler from 1935 to 1963, The: Wisconsin Academy Gallery, 9/1/1988–9/30/1988
• Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980, A: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/18/1984–4/8/1984

• North America
• Prints

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