Note on Art

Note on Art

A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic reference, specifically sports.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief list of sports which interested the artist, including horse racing, gymnastics, and bullfighting. Although the record is abridged both with regards to subject matter as well as description of said subjects, it gives some insight into the events Neiman recorded via sketch and painting. The record itself in an excerpt from a larger piece on artistic reference.

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[1G. HORSE RACING / "Raciana" = history of racing. ("in the annals of raciana...") / Sports writer's comment:] if ['I can't talk to the horse; that''s why I interview the jocket'. / Jockey Bill HARTACK and Angel CORDERO: the first is ahead of his time, the second is of his time. / 1 H. AUTO RACING / Two favorite auto racing drivers are Willy T. RIBBS and Danny] Mario Andretti [SULLIVAN. Europe: Graham HILL - Nikki LAUDA. / 1I. SKI - OLYMPICS / Performance goals - being unable to control what other skiers do, your own performance goal must be to perform your best and the outcome will take care of itself. / Belly Johnson, U.S. Olympics. / 1J. TENNIS / NOAH, Yannick - favorite tennis player. Already drawing. Pancho Gonzalez (the original) / 1K. HOCKEY / Bobby CLARKE = Philadelphia player. Teeth story: painting of him with empty socket. He complained that this happened only on ice - but he was suited up. / 1L. GYMNASTICS / Munich: Kathy RIGBY looking at an Olympic sketch in Montreal, "That's a 10". / 1M. BULLFIGHTING / In Madrid, sketch of the dressing up of the matador. Pamplona - Barcelona - Mexico City. / Run with the bulls in Pamplona. / Phil Pillsbury story - between planes - Chicago selects first bullfighting painting selection of 10 faced to the wall, saying: "I like it; why look at the others?"]

Typewritten with pencil on paper.