Leeteg: Babes, Bars, Beaches, and Black Velvet Art

by C.J. Cook

Labeled "Leeteg the Legend" by James Michener and Often Called the "American Gauguin"

Edgar Leeteg was the father of black velvet art and the genesis of a genre continuing today with the tiki and Polynesian pop art movement, nearly 70 years later.

Describing himself as a "fornicating, gin-soaked, dope-head," Leeteg took on the elite of the art establishment of Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1938 and shamed them in the press. Always the shrewd...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998422428
• ISBN13: 9780998422428
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: South Pacific Dreams Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.1"