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Oil painting, drawings and watercolors of the jazz scene

Title
  1. Oil painting, drawings and watercolors of the jazz scene [graphic] / Stephen Longstreet.
Published by
  1. 1927-1954.
Author
  1. Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-2002.

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Description
  1. 1 painting on paper : oil; 56 x 40 cm.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion
  2. Armstrong, Lil Hardin, 1898-1971
  3. Jazz -- Pictorial works
  4. Jazz musicians
  5. African American musicians
  6. Concerts -- United States -- 1920-1959
  7. Musical instruments
  8. Religious services
Genre/Form
  1. Portrait drawings – 1920-1929.
  2. Oil paintings – 1920-1929.
  3. Ink drawings – 1920-1949.
  4. Watercolors – 1930-1959.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. JPB 93-13
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger. Caption in ink or pencil on each item.
Biography (note)
  1. Stephen Longstreet is an American artist, novelist, and jazz historian.
Provenance (note)
  1. Gift of Stephen Longstreet
Author
  1. Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-2002.
Title
  1. Oil painting, drawings and watercolors of the jazz scene [graphic] / Stephen Longstreet.
Imprint
  1. 1927-1954.
Biography
  1. Stephen Longstreet is an American artist, novelist, and jazz historian.
Provenance
  1. Gift of Stephen Longstreet, 1993.
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Research call number
  1. JPB 93-13 Housed in Oversize Iconography Case 8 Drawer 3
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