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Note on Art
This note, an abridged collection of LeRoy Neiman's awards, artworks, and commissions (sports-related and otherwise), is most likely draft of the artist's CV. (The document could also be initial notes for Neiman's memoir, All Told.) Among the items…
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Document, Honorary Doctorate, Notes, Sports
Note on Art
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman expands on the anecdotal histories behind a range of commissions, including New York businessman Irving Felt purchasing a work of Madison Square Garden featuring mobster Frankie Carbo, Hollywood kingpin Darryl…
Note on Art
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdotal account of the artist's trip from Palm Springs to Oklahoma City via private jet with comedian Red Skeleton, during which the artist completed a series of drawings featuring the entertainer.…
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Celebrity, Clark Gable, Document, Herb Gruder, Notes, Red Skelton, Sketching
Note on Art
This petite note, with its lyrical tone, discloses the more poetic valences of LeRoy Neiman's thoughts on art. Although the record's original intention is not known, the document was most likely personal in nature.
Tags: Art, Art Process, Document, Notes
Notes on Art
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman ruminates on the artist's process. Citing German perceptual psychologist Rudolf Arnheim's 1954 publication Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye alongside his own methodolgy, the artist seeks…
Tags: Art, Art Process, Document, Notes, Rudolf Arnheim
Note on Art
This note from LeRoy Neiman comments on his artistic process, specifically with regards to painting. The record is most likely personal by nature.
Tags: Art Process, Document, Notes
Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on a selection of artistic references, specifically painters.
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Document, Kokoshka, Melville, Notes, Pelligrini, Prendergast, Whistler
Notes on Art
A commentary from LeRoy Neiman on "The Virgin of Vladimir," the medieval Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child; the note was found paper clipped to the two congregational promotions.
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Christianity, Document, Italy, Notes, Virgin of Vladimir