Gertrude and Alice: Salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, Limited Edition 11 of 50 Photograph

Gertrude and Alice: Salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus Archival Ink on Cotton Rag Paper Prints are signed and numbered on front This is a limited edition of 50 prints at 20" x 24" The buyer has a choice of included the image of the frame, or not. © S. Brett Kaufman, '09 'The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas' by Gertrude Stein, was the inspiration for my assemblage. Pictured in the piece alongside the female leads are Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso; just a few of the many artists the Gertrude and Alice supported and befriended. It was my wish to give the piece a warm, intimate, Parisian feel. The paintings on the walls are small representations of the actual pieces she owned and hung in her home. Her Saturday night salon was a sought-after validation, signifying that Stein had recognized a talent worth of inclusion into a rarefied group of gifted artists. ----------------------------------- S. Brett Kaufman is a San Francisco-based artist whose work is inspired by the numerous biographies he has read over the years. His ongoing series of surrealist portraits has been twenty years in the making. Brett's work is created using one of, or a combination of the following: photography, collage, and assemblage. He often thinks of his work as a puzzle that is put together piece by piece, similar to a mosaic. Each image has a separate story to tell; and likewise, a separate technique involved. Kaufman's work has been presented in museums, galleries, and alternative spaces as varied as San Francisco City Hall, SF Camerawork, Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum, New York's Monique Goldstrom Gallery, and the Rumbach-Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary. In '96 “Ode to Harvey Milk” became the poster and playbill for the San Francisco Opera’s production of “Harvey Milk The Opera”. Brett's imagery, has graced the covers of The SF Bay Guardian, Frontiers Magazine, and over 30 issues of the San Francisco Sentinel. His art has been enthusiastically received over the years, and sits in many prestigious collections, including the Rene de Rosa Foundation in Napa Valley, the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam, and sold through the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. Website: Contact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6HPU0o0wSE