Oversize facsimile score page, inscribed in blue ink and signed by the composer in red ink "End of the 4th String Quartet / Elliot Carter / July 14, 1987." 11 x 17 inches. In very fine condition.

Carter's Fourth String Quartet was composed in 1985–86 in New York and Rome, and completed in June 1986. It was premiered on September 17, 1986 at Festival Miami, University of Miami, Florida by the Composers String Quartet.