Desolate Steppe in Winter

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. p. 22, no. 33

• Joseph E. Davies and His Collection of Soviet Paintings: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/6/1992–9/27/1992
• Russian Paintings from the Joseph E. Davies Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/7/1987–3/8/1987

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