Rescue Planes

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.
• 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. 58-59, 61, no. 93; pl. 93
• Sioux City Art Center. "Davies Collection: Russian Painting 1850-1936." Sioux City, IA: Sioux City Art Center, 1967.

• Faculty Exhibition 2020: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/1/2020–7/31/2020
• Russian Paintings from the Chazen Museum of Art: The Chrysler Museum of Art, 1/11/2008–4/27/2008
• Joseph E. Davies and His Collection of Soviet Paintings: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/6/1992–9/27/1992
• Davies Collection: Russian Painting 1850-1936: Sioux City Art Center, 9/10/1967–10/9/1967
• 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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