Wet Nurse, from the series Evaluations of Women in Daily Life

By 1943, acquired by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1980, passed through inheritance to John’s wife, Abigail P. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1984, bequeathed 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. 184, cat. no. 115.2
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 335

• Binjinga: Picturing Women in Japanese Prints: Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1/21/2016–5/22/2016

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

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