Courtesan Dreaming of Leaving the Brothel District

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; 1932, 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]

• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 21

• Paper Women: The Female in Japanese prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/23/1994–9/18/1994
• From Primitive to Decadent: Subject and Style in Japanese Prints, 1680-1880: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1/18/1991–3/3/1991

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

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