By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tribute to Bix Beiberbecke
Mixed media collage, 1974
Signed and titled in ink; lower right recto (see photo)
Signed and dated ’74 in red crayon verso
Image size: 32.5 x 22.75 inches
Condition: Wrinkles due to collage and support sheet
Provenance: Joseph Erdelac, Cleveland (friend and patron of Longstreet)
One of the first Jazz Legends. He died at age 28 from alcoholism.
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer.
Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002)
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...
Category
1970s American Modern Lucy Doane Mixed Media