Before the Mirror

20 June 1936, sold by the Smith Art Museum (Springfield, MA) 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]

• Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 34

• Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/1/2018–9/2/2018
• Paper Women: The Female in Japanese prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/23/1994–9/18/1994

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

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