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Circus: Donald Strauss

Circus: Donald Strauss by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1988). Acrylic on canvas (48" x 30"). Original artist's frame. SKU: CS198802 *
Circus: Donald Strauss by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1988). Acrylic on canvas (48″ x 30″). Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS198802*

Fiat Animus: Donald Strauss

Fiat Animus: Donald Strauss by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1988). Acrylic on canvas (20" x 30"). Original artist's frame. SKU: CS198803*
Fiat Animus: Donald Strauss by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1988). Acrylic on canvas (20″ x 30″). Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS198803*

Danse du Ventre

Danse du Ventre (1996). Acrylic on canvas (36” x 24”). Signed: Stevenson/Leach. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199636*

1000 Clowns: a portrait of Robb Shep

1000 Clowns: a portrait of Robb Shep (1975). Robb Shep took the stage in Charles Marchant Stevenson's 1975 production of A Thousand Clowns, at the Mendocino Art Center's Helen Schoeni Theatre. Stevenson used the serigraph as poster art for the production. Serigraph (13” x 9”). Edition of 50. Signed by both artist and subject. SKU: CS197501
1000 Clowns: a portrait of Robb Shep by Charles Marchant Stevenson(1975). Serigraph (13” x 9”). Edition of 50. Signed by both artist and subject. SKU: CS197501

Actor, publisher, and philanthropist, Robb Shep (R.L. Shep) took the stage in Charles Marchant Stevenson’s 1975 production of A Thousand Clowns, at the Mendocino Art Center’s Helen Schoeni Theatre. Stevenson used the serigraph as poster art for the production. Learn more about R.L. Shep.

Le Spectre de la Rose

Le Spectre de la Rose (1988). Inscription: "Je suis le Spectre de la Rose que vous avez hier soir au bal porter." In the ballet, the Spirit of the Rose addresses a dreaming girl, just returned from her first ball, where she wore the Rose on her corsage, and on whose alabaster bosom the Rose expired in joy. Here the eroticism is explicit. Acrylic on canvas (48” x 30”). Signed Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist's frame. SKU: CS198810*
Le Spectre de la Rose (1988). Acrylic on canvas (48” x 30”). Signed Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS198810*

Inscription: Je suis le Spectre de la Rose que vous avez hier soir au bal porter. In the ballet, the Spirit of the Rose addresses a dreaming girl, just returned from her first ball, where she wore the Rose on her corsage, and on whose alabaster bosom the Rose expired in joy. Here the eroticism is explicit.

Mirror Trick: Narcissus

Mirror Trick: Narcissus (1993). Acrylic (48: x 36”). Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199400*

Narcissus shares a focus with the viewer, while King Neptune and a mermaid await discovery.

Trumpet Minuet

Trumpet Minuet by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1972). Acrylic. SKU: CS197201
Trumpet Minuet by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1972). Acrylic. Private collection.

Wrestlers

Wrestlers (1996). Acrylic on canvas (48” x 36” ). Signed on reverse: Stevenson/Leach. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199609*

Josh The Immoralist: Dancing with Scissors

Josh The Immoralist: Dancing with Scissors (1996).  Acrylic on canvas (48” x 24”). Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199602*

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).

The Mad Fiddler

The Mad Fiddler (1993). Inspired by a poem from Fernando Pessoa's Goblin Dance, about the Mad Fiddler whose playing wakes us to our search for happiness. Matt Leach plays his grandfather's violin. Acrylic on canvas (28” x 48”). Hand signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. SKU: CS199315
The Mad Fiddler (1993).  Acrylic on canvas (28” x 48”). Hand signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Private collection.SKU: CS199315

Stevenson/Leach inspiration: a poem from Fernando Pessoa’s Goblin Dance, about the Mad Fiddler whose playing wakes us to our search for happiness. Matt Leach plays his grandfather’s violin.

The Law is the Law: Una Mowat-Biggs as Mademoiselle Josephine

The Law is the Law: Portrait of Una Mowett Biggs as Josephine, the Madwoman of Concorde, by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1970). Inscription from The Madwoman of Chaillot, a play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux: "The Law is the Law." Acrylic on cloth covered wood panel. SKU: CS197020
The Law is the Law: Una Mowat -Biggs as Mademoiselle Josephine, the Madwoman of Concorde, by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1970). Signed: Stevenson ’70. Acrylic on cloth covered wood panel. SKU: CS197020*

Inscription: “The Law is the Law.” From from The Madwoman of Chaillot, the play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux (1942).

Una Mowat-Biggs and her sister, Edwardian actress and author Mary Linley Taylor, were the godmothers of Mendocino theatre.

Pearls: Portrait of Mary Linley Taylor as Countess Aurelia

Pearls: Portrait of Mary Linley Taylor as Countess Aurelia, by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1970). Inscription from The Madwoman of Chaillot, a play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux: "Pearls grow more real the longer one wears them." Acrylic on cloth covered wood panel. SKU: CS197019
Pearls: Portrait of Mary Linley Taylor, in her role as Countess Aurelia (1970). Charles Marchant Stevenson.  Acrylic on cloth covered wood panel. Private Collection.

The inscription is a translation of a line in The Madwoman of Chaillot, the play by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux: Pearls grow more real the longer one wears them.

Mary Linley Taylor as Lady Bracknell

Charles Marchant Stevenson paints Mary Linley Taylor as Lady Augusta Bracknell in the 1968 Mendocino production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Acrylic on canvas. (72" x 30"). SKU: CS196815
Mary Linley Taylor as Lady Augusta Bracknell (1968). Charles Marchant Stevenson. Acrylic on gessoed cheesecloth covered wood panel. (72″ x 30″). Private collection.

Charles Marchant Stevenson paints Mary Linley Taylor in her role as Lady Augusta Bracknell, in the 1968 Mendocino production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Aunt Betty Goes to Heaven

Aunt Betty Goes to Heaven by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1972). Acrylic. SKU: CS197220
Aunt Betty Goes to Heaven: Portrait by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1972). Acrylic. Private collection.

Putting on the Ritz

Putting on the Ritz (1993). Acrylic. Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Private Collection.

LINKS
Charles Marchant Stevenson: Portraits
Charles Marchant Stevenson: Artwork
Stevenson in His Own Words
About Charles Marchant Stevenson
Mendocino Heritage Artists
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