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Charles Green Shaw

Improvisation #1, 1940

Description

Maker

  • Charles Green Shaw, 1892-1974, American

Title

Improvisation #1

Year

1940

Medium

oil and pencil on academy board

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • Academy board

Dimensions

45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on reverse top:Charles G. Shaw

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Charles Carpenter

Object Number

1992.074

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Early Modernism in America

February 24 - April 16, 1995

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Use

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