Limited edition color satin-finish 24 x 24 outtake print from the shoot for the front of Barbra Streisand's 1970 album Stoney End, showing the versatile entertainer seated on an antique sofa in the back of a red pickup truck in the Mojave Desert, looking toward Sunrise Mountain, with two red chairs in the background. The piece has a "Barry Feinstein Photography" blindstamp in the lower right corner and a Barry Feinstein copyright stamp on the reverse, and is annotated on the reverse in black felt tip: "Barbra Streisand, 'Stoney End,' 1971, 3/25." In fine condition. This limited edition print was created for a gallery in the 1990s—this example was kept by Feinstein for his personal collection.
In the finalized album artwork, Streisand is shown in a different position on the couch, closer to the cab of the truck. Conceived and created by Barry Feinstein and his frequent collaborator Tom Wilkes, Feinstein volunteered his own pickup truck (with custom New York license plate "11-BF") for the shoot, which they set up in the Mojave during one of Streisand's Las Vegas residencies.
Wilkes told a Streisand biographer: 'It was a dirt road in the desert, surrounded by mountains. Someone—probably Barbra—suggested we have antique furniture placed on the truck. So, we rented a red velvet couch and some chairs. Jay York, a friend of ours, went out and rounded up the stuff for us. We went out to the desert early in the morning and set everything up. That afternoon Barbra arrived in a limo. I remember it was winter and very cold. She put up with a lot of different shootings—in the cab of the truck, on the back of the truck, and on the road. She was a real trouper. She kept jumping up and down, and putting her hands under her arms, because it was cold, real cold. She never complained; there was no star stuff. Afterwards she invited us all back to her house. She had this rented house in Vegas, and we hung out there for two or three hours. She fed us and gave us drinks and made sure we were comfortable. Later, Barry and I picked the shot for the cover and both Barbra and Richard Perry agreed on it. There were no problems whatsoever. It was a great experience.'
Stoney End was positioned to be Barbra Streisand's pop-rock breakthrough, featuring cover versions of songs by contemporary singer-songwriters like Laura Nyro, Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and Joni Mitchell. The album was a great success, hitting number 10 on the Billboard 200 and eventually going platinum with sales in excess of one million copies.
From the personal collection of Barry Feinstein and accompanied by a letter of authenticity from his estate. Barry Feinstein passed away in 2011, and since then his estate has offered posthumous estate stamped limited edition photographs from his archives; this example, printed during his lifetime and deriving from his personal collection, is superior to those gallery offerings.
Barry Feinstein: A Brief Biography
