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Improvisations for R.D.

1959

Artists

Alan DavieArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Oil on white paper

Culture

British

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

42.2 x 53.5 cm (16 5/8 x 21 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Gimpel Fils Gallery Ltd., London], sold; to Stanley Marcus, Dallas, Texas, 1966, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

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