Two Women and Dozing Maid, from the series Beauties of the East as Reflected in Fashions

10 February 1922, purchased through Lucy F. Brown (New York, NY) from the Robert Howard Russell Sale at the Walpole Galleries (New York, NY) by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Osumi, Takeshige, ed. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces Exhibition." Tokyo: Bun You Associates, 1999.
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 235

• Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/13/1999–6/30/2000

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

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