Eyes, Hitomi, no. 4 from the series Modern Styles of Makeup

20 June 1936, sold by the Smith Art Gallery (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]

• Stevens, Andrew. "Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America In the Early Twentieth Century." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2006. p. 106, no. 48
• Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." 1st edition. Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1976. p. 84
• Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 70

• Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
• Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America in the Early 20th Century: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/9/2006–2/25/2007
• Japanese Woodblock Prints: Reality and Reflection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 8/24/1985–10/13/1985

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

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