The Hoopoe

ca. 1960-62, likely purchased in India* by Earnest C. and Jane Werner Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); 17 June 1973, gifted by Jane Werner Watson (Santa Barbara, CA) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art].   *General donor file contains correspondence from Mrs. Watson stating that she and Mr. Watson’s collection of Indian art and artifacts was begun and amassed while living in New Delhi between 1960 and 1962; however, specific acquisition information is not documented.

• Elvehjem Art Center. "Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. Watson & Jane Werner Watson." Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. no. 20
• Vajracharya, Gautam V. "Watson Collection of Indian Miniatures at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. no. 17; pl. 4
• Klein, Susan. Master's Thesis in Art Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison [design for World Wide Web]. 1998
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 30
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 7, No. 4, Sept/Oct 1990. p. 3
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Elvehjem Art Center Bulletin/Annual Report 1973-1974. no. 17

• Title uknown [Indian miniature paintings]: University of Minnesota, 10/15/1976–12/3/1976
• Indian Miniature Painting: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 9/8/1975–9/26/1975
• Title unknown [50 Indian miniature paintings]: University of Wisconsin-Stout, 10/15/1974–11/1/1974
• New Acquisitions from the Far East: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/5/1973–1/6/1974
• Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. and James Werner Watson: Elvehjem Art Center, 10/29/1971–1/2/1972

• Asia
• Jane Werner Watson Collection
• Miniature Paintings & Manuscripts

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