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Improvisitation

(American, born in 1951)
1985
Medium/TechniqueBrush and ink on four sheets of paper
DimensionsEach sheet: 76.2 x 56.5 cm (30 x 22 1/4 in.)
Overall: 152.4 x 113 cm (60 x 44 1/2 in.)
Framed: 165.4 x 124.8 x 4.8 cm (65 1/8 x 49 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineA. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund
Accession number1987.504
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsEach sheet signed, titled and dated on verso, in brush and ink.
ProvenanceArtist; purchased by MFA, October 1987.
Untitled
Morton Schamberg
about 1916
The Death of Priam
Francesco Caucig (Franz Kavcic)
early 19th century
Kendra Ferguson
1990
The Shipwreck of St. Paul
Benjamin West
about 1786
Untitled
Alfred Leslie
1958–59
The Fall of the Giants
Bartolomeo Coriolano
1641
c
Bartolomeo Coriolano
1641
Untitled (False Letters)
Saul Steinberg
1950–1952
Boston from Parker Hill
Edwin Whitefield
about 1866