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"Improvisations" was conceived from an idea by Julio de Deigo as a medium for advertisers in sympathy with Artists Equity. The member-artists who illustrated this journal were selected by the advertisers and were given complete freedom of expression. Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs. The following artists participated in this unique experiment:

Milton Avery
Samuel M. Adler
Arnold Blanch
Max Beckman
George Biddle
Lucille Corcos
Frederico Castellon
Sylvia Carewe
Nicolai Cikovsky
Julio De Diego
Desha
Lewis Daniel
Jane Eakin
Phillip Evergood
Richard Florsheim
Karl E. Fortess
David Fredenthal
Marion Greenwood
Chaim Gross
John Groth
Xavier Gonzales
Stanley W. Hayter
Bertram Hartman
Gerrit Hondious
Emy Herzfeld
Hans Hofmann
Clara Klinghoffer
Agnes Kovach
Sidney Laufman
Doris Lee
Leonard Lionni
Jack Levine
Julian Levi
Eleanore Mizzi
Lillian MacKendrick
Peppino Mangravite
Reginald Marsh
Arthur Osver
Josef Presser
Anton Refregier
Felix Ruvolo
Alex Redein
Georges Shreiber
Ladislas Segy
Raphael Soyer
Moses Soyer
Hazel Slaughter
Ben Shahn
John P. Taylor
Stuyvesant Van Veen
Denny Winters

Editing: Elias Newman

To the artists, advertisers, and the host of friends who helped make this possible we express our sincere thanks.

This first edition is limited to two thousand numbered copies.

No. 221
Acknowledgement:
We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Mr. Zan Diamond, Mr. Marvin Small and Mr. Arthur A. Livers who helped make this the successful event it is.