Waterplants, Flying Bird and Frog, from a Book of Pictures of Flowers and Birds by Keinen

1938, purchased from a dealer (Paris, France) by 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]

• Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." 1st edition. Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1976. p. 53
• Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 41
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 225

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

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