The Last Refuge

1937, purchased in U.S.S.R. [now Russia] by Joseph E. Davies [ambassador to U.S.S.R.] (Washington, DC); 1937, gifted to University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Bowlt, John E. "Soviet Paintings in the Joseph E. Davies Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1976-1977. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1977): 34-42. p. 37
• Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York. "The Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to The University of Wisconsin." New York: Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. pp. 2-3, 5, no. 1; pl. 1
• Sioux City Art Center. "Davies Collection: Russian Painting 1850-1936." Sioux City, IA: Sioux City Art Center, 1967.

• Russian Paintings from the Joseph E. Davies Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/7/1987–3/8/1987
• Davies Collection: Russian Painting 1850-1936: Sioux City Art Center, 9/10/1967–10/9/1967
• Ohio State University Summer Program on the Soviet Union: Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio, 7/1/1959–7/31/1959
• Five Hundred Years of Russian Art: Gould House Galleries of Gimbel Brothers, 5/18/1943–5/24/1943
• Joseph E. Davies Collection of Paintings, The : Milwaukee Art Institute, 10/1/1938–10/31/1938
• Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to the University of Wisconsin: Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6/1/1938–6/30/1938

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