Product Description
“Elephant” Brooch, Platinum, 18K gold and diamonds (25+ carats)
“Elephant” Brooch, Platinum, 18K gold and diamonds (25+ carats)
STEPHEN LONGSTREET (1907-2002) New York, NY
“Tribute to Bunk Johnson” c. 1970’s
Paper cut-out, mixed media and paper collage
Signed: Longstreet (lower left), titled “Tribute to Willie “Bunk” Johnson
***This is a closely related “Grape” cluster clip/brooch model that Seaman Schepps made on commission for the eminent socialite Doris Duke (Collection Seaman Schepps, but there is a predominance of dark blue and purple cabochon sapphires in the DD brooch as opposed to the predominance of larger and more translucent cabochon sapphires as well as cabochon emeralds in this example