This is quite large and beautiful it is signed and dated verso. this came from an important collection. Biography David Shapiro was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, NY. 1965 Skowhegan School of Art He earned his B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1966 and his M.F.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1968. Aside from participation in many international group shows, since 1971, Shapiro has held many solo exhibitions. Shapiro has also been invited as a visiting artist to many institutions including the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. In addition, he has taught at different art schools and universities including Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and his work is represented in public and corporate collections. Dolan / Maxwell Tandem Press Goya Contemporary & Goya-Girl Press Selected Collections Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts,CA Brooklyn Museum of Art Calcografia Nazionale, Rome Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh Galerie Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenberg, Germany Israel Museum, Jerusalem Kresge Art Center, Michigan State Univer Kunsthalle de Stadt, Nurmberg, Germany Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Mint Museum, Charlotte Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Modern Art, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO New York Public Library Pennysylvania Academy of the Fine Arts San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Center, New York Snug Harbor Cultural Center,Staten Is,NY Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York University of Chicago University of Iowa Art Museum University of Pennsylvania, White Columns, New York Whitney Museum of American Art, NY