Stephen Longstreet

Navajo Thunder Bird

1976

From Lenz's House of Farnam "First Day" Cover Series Mixed media collage Signed in image lower left Label verso #174 A cachet is a printed design on an envelope that comm...

unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Note: Dr. Marianne Berardi has pointed out that the house depicted is in fact Forest Hill, the Cleveland home of John D. Rockefelle...

Ragtime Piano Collage, 1969 Signed and dated '69 lower right Address stamp verso Provenance: Acquired from the artist Joseph M. Erdelac, friend and patron of the artist Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) The artist’s own grandchildren attempt to fathom the real life and nature of Stephen Longstreet, prolific author, artist, screenplay writer, and jazz aficionado. Born Chauncy Weiner (sometimes spelled Wiener) in New York City in 1907, Longstreet reinvented himself on a regular basis. Changing his name first to “Henry,” then “Henri,” he started his career as a commercial artist for a department store. In various public biographies he claimed to have studied in New York, London, and Paris, and said he was a student of cartoonist Ralph Barton (1891-1931). Facts that can be documented are that he was art editor for Golfer and Sportsman magazines, and was a contributor to various other magazines including The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Life, and Hooey, among others. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the 1930s, Longstreet worked and wrote under the names Thomas Burton, David Ormsbee, and Paul Haggard before settling on the name Stephen Longstreet in 1939. He wrote 12 novels under this name as well as numerous screen plays, most notably The Jolson Story, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Helen Morgan Story. Longstreet claimed to have been introduced to ragtime and jazz by no less a legend than singer Paul Robeson while Robeson was an All-American football player at Rutgers University. However it happened, the world of jazz was a constant theme throughout Longstreet’s life. He drew and painted such notables as Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan...

Untitled III XII Charcoal, ink and paper collage, 1987 Initialed "R. C." and dated '87 verso in pencil From: Libor II Mono Logo Provenance: Janie C. Lee Master Drawings, New York (partial label) From: Libor II Mono Logo Exhibited: Collages and Drawings by Roberto Caracciolo and Chuck Dugan...

Viva, Warhol and Ultra Violet Collage on board, 1973 Signed with estate stamp on reverse (see photo) The original photograph used in this collage depicts ...

Jazz Artist Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso (See photos) Mixed media 3 dimensional collage Dimensions: 37 1/8 x 19 1/4 x 5 inches Although ...

Two very pleasant musical themed silhouettes mixed media paintings. These lovely drawings are made of ink and watercolor on paper enriched by a musical score fixed with a red lacquer wax mold...

Untitled Acrylic and paint tubes on resine ​ Provenance : - Galerie Bernart, Antwerp - former collection of the Dutch Cobra artist Corneille (Cornelius van ...

Arab women working. Black and white pastel on thick grey paper. Monogrammed. Provenance : granddaughter of the artist. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck...

SCULPTURAL VASE Stoneware with reddish eggplant glazing. An outstanding example of the important artists ceramic work. Han Meilin was born 1936 and is a Ch...

Duraclearprint in lightbox "Indium" (from the series "Code of Evidence") from 2010, edition 3+1AP.

Gail Taylor (20th century, American) Untitled. Wonderful golds with the warmth of reds in the copper sheet. Several leaf and fern-like structures captur...