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Oil painting, drawings and watercolors of the jazz scene

Title
Oil painting, drawings and watercolors of the jazz scene [graphic] / Stephen Longstreet.
Author
Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-
Publication
1927-1954.

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Description
  • 1 painting on paper : oil; 56 x 40 cm.
  • 4 drawings : ink ;
  • 5 drawings : ink and watercolor ;
Summary
1 oil painting of Christ on the Cross; 4 ink drawings, and 5 ink and watercolor drawings of the American jazz scene. 1 ink drawing is a portrait of Lil Hardin ; most of the drawings are general impressions rather than portraits of specific jazz musicians.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait drawings – 1920-1929.
  • Oil paintings – 1920-1929.
  • Ink drawings – 1920-1949.
  • Watercolors – 1930-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger. Caption in ink or pencil on each item.
Biography (note)
  • Stephen Longstreet is an American artist, novelist, and jazz historian.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Stephen Longstreet,
Contents
Oil painting: Negro spiritual, Face me O Lord, Harlem, 1929 -- Ink drawings: NYC concert jazz '45; No hip no gig; The second Mrs. Louie Armstrong, Lil Hardin, '27; NYC the Big Apple, '32 -- Ink and watercolor drawings: Song and dance, Atlantic City '33; Grass, a reefer man '33; Easter morning, New Orleans church '33; He is with us, Harlem church, Sunday, '54; Jazz critic, NYC, 1945.
Call Number
JPB 93-13
OCLC
NYPG93-F297
Author
Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-
Title
Oil painting, drawings and watercolors of the jazz scene [graphic] / Stephen Longstreet.
Imprint
1927-1954.
Biography
Stephen Longstreet is an American artist, novelist, and jazz historian.
Provenance
Gift of Stephen Longstreet, 1993.
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Research Call Number
JPB 93-13 Housed in Oversize Iconography Case 8 Drawer 3
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