The Buddhist Deity Hotei Poling a Skiff with Children at Play
Possibly Mathew Vladimir Pickard [1];
Possibly by descent to his son, Dr. Nicholas S. Pickard (1910-1993), Mission Hills, KS, 1968-1993 [2];
His bequest to his daughter, Josephine (née Pickard) Foote, Cambridge, MA, 1993-2008 [3];
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2008.
NOTES:
[1] According to Josephine Foote, her grandfather Mathew Vladimir Pickard may have acquired this painting when he lived in Japan, 1939-1940.
[2] Dr. Nicholas S. Pickard was an orthopedic surgeon who served as a trustee for the Nelson-Atkins and was active in the museum’s membership groups.
[3] The painting remained in the possession of Dr. Pickard’s wife, Eva Ann McCluskey Pickard (1914-2008), per the provision of his bequest, until her death in 2008.