Longchamps, New York 1965 Flags Benito created covers for Vogue

Benito created covers for Vogue magazine for more than 15 years and he was also a successful portrait painter

This was a time of high living

From an original 1909 rebus by Stella Gilbert

believing that fine wines enhance the enjoyment of good cuisine

Longchamps, New York 1965 Flags Benito created covers for VogueLongchamps was a chain of several upscale restaurants centered in Manhattan that consisted of twenty or more locations at its peak, including the Showboat Restaurant located in the Empire State Building. The chain's first location was opened in 1919. Longchamps restaurants were known for their natty art deco furnishings and decorations by Winold Reiss, and a number of designs for elements of their physical surroundings were drawn up by New York