[Composition book]

Holograph, in pencil

Contains six holograph works for piano and one for piano and clarinet, as well as numerous drafts and sketches. Six of the compositions for piano are numbered and dated at the end ("Sept. 5, 1947 ... Sept. 23, 1947"). All items without titles except one two-bar draft for clarinet and piano headed "Sad Sack : intro. flourish."

With a certificate of authenticity from the Estate of Artie Shaw, dated April 16, 2005