Four Musicians, from the series The Niwaka Festival in the Licensed Quarter

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Collia-Suzuki, Gina. "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: a Descriptive Catalogue." Weston-super-Mare: Nezu Press, 2009. p. 524, cat. no. 671.2
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 339

• Asia
• Prints
• E. B. Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints

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