Media Category: Charles-Marchant-Stevenson

CS199602_Josh-the-Immoralist_Bachir_Dancing-with-Scissors_Immoralist_Gide_acrylic_48x24

Josh The Immoralist: Dancing with Scissors (1996). Josh is reimagined as Bachir, the seductive, unscrupulous North African houseboy, in his famous dance with scissors. The scene is from the play based on André Gide’s autobiographical novel. James Dean played Bachir in the Broadway premiere (1954). Acrylic on canvas (48” x 24”). Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199602*

CS197701_Vestal_Jean-Spetrino_acrylic_48x24Charles-Marchant-Stevenson_

Vestal (1977). Charles Marchant Stevenson, a Virgo, Charles Marchant Stevenson, a Virgo, considered Vestal his signature work. His muse, Jean Spetrino, is portrayed as a Vestal, one of the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth. The Vestals’ task was to tend the holy fire to which all came for the fire to light the hearths in their own homes. Bringing his community together in his home, through his art, and as a patron of the arts of others, Stevenson saw himself as attendant on the holy fire. Acrylic on canvas covered wood panel (48″ x 24″). SKU: CS197701

Vestal (1977). Charles Marchant Stevenson, a Virgo, Charles Marchant Stevenson, a Virgo, considered Vestal his signature work. His muse, Jean Spetrino, is portrayed as a Vestal, one of the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth. The Vestals' task was to tend the holy fire to which all came for the fire to light the hearths in their own homes. Bringing his community together in his home, through his art, and as a patron of the arts of others, Stevenson saw himself as attendant on the holy fire. Acrylic on canvas covered wood panel (48" x 24"). SKU: CS197701