A Bukhara Melon Cart

1937, purchased in U.S.S.R. [now Russia] by Joseph E. Davies [ambassador to U.S.S.R.] (Washington, DC); 1937, gifted to University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Bowlt, John E. "Soviet Paintings in the Joseph E. Davies Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1976-1977. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1977): 34-42.
• Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York. "The Joseph E. Davies Collection of Russian Paintings and Icons Presented to The University of Wisconsin." New York: Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. p. 27, no. 42
• Sioux City Art Center. "Davies Collection: Russian Painting 1850-1936." Sioux City, IA: Sioux City Art Center, 1967.

• Joseph E. Davies and His Collection of Soviet Paintings: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 6/6/1992–9/27/1992
• Title unknown [Russian paintings]: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 10/3/1974–10/29/1974
• Davies Collection: Russian Painting 1850-1936: Sioux City Art Center, 9/10/1967–10/9/1967

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